11.   Textile job cuts, which have driven mill employment levels to record lows in the Carolinas, have been the biggest drag on the Carolinas.

12.   The biggest drag on online sales, BizRate found, came from computers.

13.   The biggest drag was vendor performance, a gauge of how long it takes for companies to get orders delivered from their suppliers.

14.   Trade was the biggest drag on growth, though not as much as earlier in the year.

15.   Two financial stocks, those of American Express and J.P. Morgan, were the biggest drags on the Dow.

16.   But the biggest drag on the economy has been a sharp fall in individual consumption, say economists.

17.   The biggest drags on first-quarter growth came from a continuing effort by businesses to reduce an overhang of unsold goods.

18.   The biggest drags on growth in the first quarter came from a continuing effort by businesses to reduce an overhang of unsold goods.

19.   The biggest drag on growth came from companies struggling to get rid of their unsold goods.

20.   Analysts say the deficit is the biggest drag on high economic growth.