11.   Instead, before the next economic downturn hits, the next president should forthrightly work to trim coverage and increase the out-of-pocket amount people contribute in Medicare copayments.

12.   Indeed, we have heard this sanguineness before, often just before the next downturn.

13.   Investors who are not willing to hold the shares through the next downturn, which some predict will come within the next year or two, could be disappointed.

14.   Kerkorian also wanted an independent committee of outside directors to review how much cash Chrysler needs to survive the next downturn.

15.   Losh said GM was on track to weather the next downturn, which GM forecasts will not arrive for at least two years.

16.   Otherwise, he warned, the company could be bankrupted by the next domestic downturn.

17.   Some analysts also caution that the rising stock markets in Asia and Brazil could blunt the drive for reforms that are needed to prevent the next downturn.

18.   Talk to Owens today, though, and he almost sounds as if he is looking forward to the next downturn.

19.   That suggests that the next downturn in real estate may be less devastating than the last because the excesses of the market are being weeded out.

20.   The challenge for Europe will be greatest in the next cyclical downturn.