21.   It blamed the decline primarily on the higher prices for its health plans and withdrawal from some markets.

22.   Knight-Ridder blamed the decline mainly on the sale of the Journal of Commerce.

23.   Loayza blamed the decline on exaggerated concern about the El Nino climate change.

24.   Melville blamed the decline on heavy discounting at Marshalls.

25.   Melville, which has been reviewing its operations fort the past year, blamed the decline on heavy discounting at Marshalls.

26.   Motorola blamed the declines on weak sales in China and the U.S., the two largest paging markets.

27.   Motorola blamed the decline in its earnings on weak sales of computer chips and cellular phones.

28.   Others blame the decline, after inflation, in wages, which has made it harder for working familes to make ends meet.

29.   Outsiders often blame the decline on persecution by the Muslim majority.

30.   Rex believes it would be a mistake to blame the decline in winter visitors only on the changes in Canada.