21.   Still, traders said the dollar would halt its slide soon because higher returns on U.S. securities will continue to attract Japanese investors.

22.   That new feistiness seems to have halted your slide in New Hampshire.

23.   The performance of European equities indicates European investors are also unsure of when Asian markets will halt their slide.

24.   The priorities include shoring up domestic demand, halting the slide in exports, reforming state-owned companies and increasing wages for urban and rural workers.

25.   The reduction had little effect on currency trading and did nothing to halt the slide of British equity markets.

26.   The rule curbs some computer-guided stock index trading, in an effort to halt drastic slides in stock prices.

27.   The Russian government halted trading for several hours Tuesday in a vain effort to halt the slide.

28.   The specter of a Colin Powell bid for the presidency offered a splendid opportunity for African-Americans to halt the slide of the black vote toward political irrelevancy.

29.   The U.S. also halted a slide in Asian shares that drove down prices in Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia.

30.   Trying to halt a slide in circulation, The Village Voice announced that it would be distributed free in Manhattan.