21.   A Venezuelan official dashed speculation that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would meet to discuss the recent decline in oil prices.

22.   After a five-year losing streak, short-sellers are finding their jobs a bit easier because of the recent declines in some U.S. stocks.

23.   Broader market averages also record hefty gains, partly reversing their recent steep declines.

24.   Broader market averages also recorded hefty gains, partly reversing their recent steep declines.

25.   But even though rich nations have pledged to reverse recent declines in assistance, it is not clear that they are prepared to invest enough.

26.   But many reputable biologists believe that recent declines in the herd have been caused by unusually harsh winters and dry summers, not by wolves.

27.   But men benefited more from the recent declines than did women.

28.   But some analysts said that they expected the impact of the dollar to be less than the recent declines in multinational stocks have implied.

29.   But the recent decline in interest rates has itself fueled the buying, traders said.

30.   But, he added, the sharper recent decline also reflects a new desire among Americans to indulge the forbidden pleasures of the table.