11.   Japanese stocks fell after the dollar weakened against the yen, dimming earnings prospects for top electronics and auto exporters.

12.   On Friday, stocks went into a tailspin when a stronger-than-expected jobs report dimmed the prospect for lower interest rates.

13.   On Capitol Hill their efforts have so far tended to cancel each other out, dimming prospects for any major action soon on the legislative front.

14.   Stocks slumped minutes after trading began as the report on gross domestic product dimmed prospects for an interest-rate wreduction by the Federal Reserve later this year.

15.   That dimmed the prospect for lower rates.

16.   That opposition has dimmed the prospect of millions more dollars coming to the state for such programs.

17.   That likelihood, added to growing nationalism and xenophobia across the Russian political spectrum, can only dim prospects for final ratification of arms control treaties.

18.   That may set the stage for a string of possible rate hikes, dimming prospects for corporate earnings.

19.   The Big Ten is highly competitive this season, but even a late sag would not dim the prospects of the Ohio State program.

20.   The decision, criticized by abortion foes, effectively ends the appeals process in Arizona courts, and dimmed any prospect of an appeal in federal court.