41.   Without him, the Boilermakers had no chance to stop their slide.

42.   With a light market, there was little to stop the slide.

43.   Delegates from Latin American coffee-producing nations gathered Sunday in a bid to stop the slide in world prices by holding back exports of coffee beans.

44.   The Bank of Japan was seen buying dollars to stop the slide, dealers said.

45.   The dollar slipped again on Wednesday despite a concerted effort by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to stop its slide, traders said.

46.   The injection of funds should stop the slide in share prices and protect the interests of small investors, he said.

47.   The Federal Reserve intervened on the foreign exchange market Wednesday to try to stop the slide of the dollar, the Treasury said.

48.   The injection of funds should stop the slide in share prices and protect the interests of small investors.