1.   But as the markets began their relentless downward path, he was a study in inaction.

2.   But there the government stepped in to keep poverty rates on a downward path.

3.   Comparative Asian American data has not been published, but other data show that Asian American teen birthrates have followed a similar downward path.

4.   Following the downward path, he reached a small pond, with two ducks on the bank.

5.   Her life traced the familiar downward path.

6.   On balance, the market has been a mixed bag of pluses and minuses on a downward path that began in March.

7.   That simple truth explains much about the recent downward path of the stock market.

8.   The key point to bear in mind is that Russia is still on the downward path of disintegration rather than the upward march of transition.

9.   While Blinder also said the Fed could tolerate higher inflation for a single year as long as it was on a downward path for the longer term.

10.   Before the halt, shares were on a downward path.