61.   As the economy has slowed, though, Wall Street has grown increasingly skeptical that Qwest will emerge as a pacesetter.

62.   As the economy slowed, businesses cut their travel budgets and the airline industry suffered.

63.   As the economy slows, many employers have more workers on their payrolls than they need.

64.   As the economy slows, the inevitable rise in business bankruptcies should make corporate directors and officers at struggling companies more anxious, according to legal experts.

65.   As the world economy slows and corporate profits come under pressure, cutbacks are suddenly on the agenda.

66.   At the moment, you have to squint to see evidence that the economy is seriously slowing.

67.   At the same time, Beebe hedged his bets and preached caution, noting that the economy also might slow a bit.

68.   At the same time, the growth in factory and other jobs was sufficient to blunt concern that the economy was slowing too much.

69.   Auto stocks and many transportation companies -- rails and trucks -- have done poorly in large part because of concerns that the economy is slowing.

70.   Australian bonds rose after a decline in employment last month suggested the economy is slowing faster than some analysts were expecting.