21.   It was the sixth consecutive month that the flagship chain had posted flat or negative sales.

22.   It was the sixth consecutive month with below-normal temperatures.

23.   It was the sixth straight month of declining demand for chips.

24.   It was the sixth consecutive month without significant growth in the measure.

25.   It would be the sixth consecutive month of increases in the feedlot herd as declining feed prices made it more profitable to fatten cattle for slaughter.

26.   It was the sixth consecutive month the investments set a record.

27.   It was the sixth month of declines for bonds priced at a premium.

28.   It was the sixth month the Japan-U.S. trade surplus fell.

29.   Japanese domestic automobile sales fell for a sixth month in September, as demand continued to be depressed by the near doubling of the national sales tax in April.

30.   Just today, a government report showed prices paid to factories, farmers and other producers dropped for the sixth straight month.