101.   But the economic downturn could hurt sales, too.

102.   But the city has grave fiscal problems, in part because of the national economic downturn.

103.   But the national economic adviser, Gene Sperling, criticized Cheney and others in the Bush camp for fueling fears of a steep economic downturn.

104.   But the likelihood of a brief economic downturn had risen, he noted, repeating the gist of his comments last Wednesday.

105.   But the new request comes in an economic downturn, when other federal agencies are being told to trim spending to balance declining tax revenues.

106.   But smaller companies, like Pulitzer Inc., publisher of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, have little geographic diversity and thus may be more susceptible to economic downturns.

107.   But that effort is likely to make the current economic downturn more severe, increasing unemployment and dampening consumer demand, economists say.

108.   But the company enters the new year with the airplane industry in an economic downturn.

109.   But then came a sharp, sudden economic downturn, driven by trouble in aerospace and real estate.

110.   But there was no doubt the economic downturn is over.