41.   Many fear the industry, already hurt by declining military sales, will be damaged by competition from companies in Third World countries.

42.   Meanwhile, declining sales of Japanese-made cars in the U.S. are narrowing the trade gap with that country.

43.   Mazda recently cut in half its planned exports to the United States this quarter because of the rise of the yen and declining sales in America.

44.   Most cafeteria chains have seen declining sales and profits.

45.   Motorola Inc. said Thursday its chip business is likely to remain dismal in the third quarter with sharply declining sales and operating losses.

46.   Motorola said yesterday that declining sales in Asia hammered its profits.

47.   Ms. Ronstadt insists that she is not terribly concerned with declining record sales.

48.   New Balance is shielded from the fallout of declining sales in basketball shoes.

49.   Nike has suffered from declining sales in the United States and abroad.

50.   Opel is currently suffering from flat earnings and declining sales, even as rivals Volkswagen and Daimler-Benz AG are enjoying double-digit sales and profit growth.