31.   Rising bond yields were seen by investors as hurting their profit margins and weakening demand for consumer loans and mortgages.

32.   Right up to the denouement, critics predicted that the President would weaken his demands on Yugoslavia.

33.   Second is the financial and economic crisis in Asia, which has weakened demand both for personal computers and for all kinds of devices that use chips.

34.   Some investors and analysts also expect that a slowdown in Asian economies will weaken demand for U.S. goods and services, restraining U.S. growth and curbing inflation.

35.   Spending is rising, even as revenue from copper, pulp and other commodities exports is likely to decline as an economic slowdown in Asia weakens demand.

36.   Switching government documents and legal contracts from Cyrillic to Latin is bound to further weaken the demand for Russian.

37.   The entire industry is struggling with increased price competition and weakening demand.

38.   The crisis in Asian stock markets deepened concern that slowing economic growth would weaken copper demand from builders and manufacturers in the region.

39.   The current recession is unusual because it was precipitated by a slowdown in capital spending by overextended businesses, instead of by weakening consumer demand.

40.   The other is rising interest rates, which could slow the economy and weaken the demand for rooms.