21.   Analysts were expecting a decline because of slow economic growth in Europe.

22.   Analysts and investors expect slow growth from Adobe for the next two quarters.

23.   Analysts point out that, with the exception of Brazil --which is expected to suffer slow growth this year -- economic fundamentals in Latin America remain strong.

24.   And the decade of slow growth and inflation that followed?

25.   And other recent statistics point to weakness in housing, industrial output, and retail sales that suggest more slow growth.

26.   And then there are all those conflicting interpretations of what rising unemployment, consumer nervousness, slow growth, stock market plunges and corporate headaches really mean.

27.   And White said lower prices and slow sales growth would hurt profits in the second quarter too.

28.   Another peculiarity of lichens is their achingly slow growth, with many spreading as little as one-fiftieth of an inch a year.

29.   Any rise in borrowing costs is likely to slow economic growth.

30.   As corporate chieftains hunted for ways to boost revenue and slash costs amid slow growth in the U.S. economy, mergers swelled.