21.   By the time oil prices recovered and a sustained drilling boom took off, the pool of skilled labor had largely evaporated.

22.   Corn prices should recover as world buyers take advantage of the lower prices to secure their supplies.

23.   Cotton futures prices recovered from a nine-month low as demand appeared strong for a huge American crop.

24.   Crude oil prices recovered after a selloff prompted by the end of a strike by Nigerian oil workers.

25.   Despite the activity, Merrill said he was not confident that prices would soon recover.

26.   Despite a couple of afternoon minirallies, prices never recovered.

27.   Even if oil prices recover, companies will be slow to add workers until they are sure that the higher prices will be long term.

28.   Emerging-market debt prices may recover much more slowly than Treasuries and other developed-country fixed-income securities.

29.   Even in a week of global market turmoil when you might have expected investors to buy gold as a safe haven, the price barely recovered.

30.   Gasoline prices recovered strongly from a seven-month low.