41.   More than six inches of rain had fallen since Thursday, and a steady drizzle persisted throughout the game.

42.   Mortgage rates have been falling since April.

43.   Natural gas prices have fallen sharply since the beginning of the year, and most of the recent deals have been done at hefty premiums to prevailing stock prices.

44.   Netscape stock has fallen since the offering but is still well above the initial price.

45.   Oil prices have fallen since April after ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries began mumbling about boosting oil flow.

46.   Prices fell since then amid rising feed prices and poor operating margins.

47.   Prices at the pump have been gradually falling since about mid-June as those storage and distribution problems were overcome.

48.   Rates have only fallen since because of a drop in the prevalence of smoking, not because of supposedly safer cigarettes.

49.   Prices of rice and corn have fallen since the same period last year, when their prices were still unusually high due to supply bottlenecks.

50.   Sales of homes, automobiles, electronics, furniture and other items have fallen since April.