1.   And a recent National Association of Home Builders survey showed a big decrease in potential buyers visiting model homes.

2.   Another problem is the sheer volume of material and the big decrease in government financing.

3.   It also has resulted in big decreases in risky behaviors such as sharing syringes and increases in safer behaviors, such as wiping needles with alcohol.

4.   That followed a big decrease in January, though, when record snowfall disrupted business in the Northeast.

5.   The big decrease in crime should give Giuliani a boost at a time of painful budget cuts.

6.   There were also reports of big decreases in consumer spending, construction spending and in manufacturing activity.