41.   The budget may further erode confidence in the Indonesian economy, which is headed for its first recession in twenty years.

42.   The danger of this disagreement is that a flight from stocks and bonds could erode confidence, stifle consumer spending and turn economic stagnation into a recession.

43.   The fact is that if one citizen is above the law while others are not, it erodes popular confidence in democratic equality and political accountability.

44.   The government had a great temptation to print too much money, which over time was bound to erode confidence in the bank and in paper money in general.

45.   The perception that police officers are above the law erodes confidence in the entire criminal justice system.

46.   The SEC investigation is the latest move by regulators, worried that allegations of insider trading and stock price manipulation could erode investor confidence.

47.   The weak currency weighed on stocks by eroding investor confidence about the value of their investments.

48.   The WorldCom scandal is only the latest to rock Wall Street, further eroding the confidence of consumers and investors in corporate America.

49.   To further erode consumer confidence, the megabrewers played an awkward role in the specialty beer field.

50.   When the listeners see this superficial coverage of talk radio, it further erodes their confidence in the mainstream media, the researchers said.