71.   Aides to Clinton said that an internal poll Monday showed that his personal favorability rating had fallen, but they insisted that the decline was not drastic.

72.   All major tobacco company shares fell on Wednesday, amid a generally weak stock market, but the declines were slight.

73.   Bryant said the continued decline was the result of lower prices and higher costs in producing its next generation of processor.

74.   But a decline was about to set in.

75.   But a lawyer for the company says the decline was largely due to other factors.

76.   But analysts have said the decline was more likely attributable to an erosion of sales of Christian Dior perfume.

77.   But analysts note that these declines will be from record-setting March housing sales.

78.   But any declines were rare until shareholders started pressing for a link between pay and performance.

79.   But besides that, some ask, will there really be any decline at all?

80.   But a new study shows that such a decline is not inevitable.