71.   While memory prices had been expected to fall, the drop came faster than expected and hurt companies such as Texas Instruments Inc. and Micron Technology Inc.

72.   While prices have declined, the real drops will come over the next year.

73.   With the decline in home runs has come a drop in scoring.

74.   Analysts downplayed the declines, noting the drops come at the end of a healthy week for many stocks.

75.   Its sharpest drop came last week amid rumors that Suharto had become seriously ill, suffered a mild stroke, or even died.

76.   That drop has come amid intense pressure from the military, which has repeatedly said that it regards political Islam as one of the greatest dangers to the state.

77.   That drop came after the government reduced the amount of tax imposed on the oil.

78.   The drop came after a decision by Argentina Friday to effectively devalue the peso for foreign trade transactions.

79.   The drop came a day after LTCB issued a statement denying recent media reports that its debts far exceed assets, which would make the bank effectively insolvent.

80.   The drop came despite an overall increase in oil exports, the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted the State Statistics Committee and State Customs Committee as saying.