31.   The dollar slid Friday against most currencies in thin trading amid multiple economic uncertainties.

32.   The dollar slid sharply Wednesday on comments from President Bush ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Italy later this week.

33.   The dollar slid lower against the yen Thursday but was modestly higher against the euro, after trading in fairly wide ranges amid decidedly negative U.S. economic data.

34.   The dollar slid against the euro and the yen Friday, as investors worried about the clarity of corporate earnings reports and bookkeeping.

35.   The dollar slid against the yen.

36.   The dollar slid on profit-taking and speculative selling by overseas hedge funds, traders said.

37.   Analysts said the dollar might slide on down on Friday if there is no intervention quickly.

38.   Dealers said the rand had picked up as the dollar slid on the back of international profit taking.

39.   The Australian dollar slid one US cent Friday as a slump in the US dollar triggered domestic and overseas fund managers to offload the currency, dealers said.

40.   The dollar slid against most currencies except the French franc Friday in quiet trading as buyers had little reaction to a reported rise in US unemployment.