61.   Blue chips rose early Thursday on the strength of a slight drop in long term rates.

62.   By contrast, the well-helled district around the Champs Elysees witnessed a slight drop in crime.

63.   By contrast, the well-heeled district around the Champs Elysees witnessed a slight drop in crime.

64.   The report far exceeded expectations, as Wall Street analysts had foreseen a slight drop in the index last month.

65.   The report far exceeded expectations, as Wall Street analysts had foreseen a slight drop in the index this month.

66.   While the money supply increased slightly, the Commerce Department said that was essentially cancelled out by a slight drop in plant and equipment orders.

67.   Mining stocks fell back with a slight drop in gold prices.

68.   Some traders attributed the slight drop in the value of the US currency to a surprise fall in the number of US home starts for October.

69.   Swedish power group Vattenfall registered a slight drop in first-half profits, due mainly to increased costs in the period, the group said Thursday.

70.   Tea trade sources here said they expected a slight drop in international tea prices in the first quarter of this year because more tea was coming into the market.