11.   For the second consecutive session, a rally in technology stocks Monday helped lift the stock market, which had been suffering through its worst slump in two years.

12.   Griffey, mired in the worst slump of the season, showed signs of emerging.

13.   He has been fighting through the worst slump he can remember -- a struggle more notable for his tenacity than any marked improvement before Thursday.

14.   He takes over the chip company at a crucial time, as the industry crawls out of its worst slump ever.

15.   His five-match losing streak on the ATP Tour constituted the worst slump of his career, and had critics predicting his demise.

16.   Japan is showing signs of emerging from a four-and-a-half year recession, arguably its worst slump in the postwar era.

17.   Japan is showing signs of emerging from a four-and-a-half year recession, arguably its worst slump in the post-war era.

18.   Last year when the industry was languishing in its worst slump ever, Intel was not pulling any punches.

19.   Never mind the lousy economy and the fact that the PC industry is in its worst slump ever.

20.   So although Japan is enduring its worst slump in a quarter-century, political discontent is not boiling over as it would in the United States.