1.   A new federal survey on the growing shortage of nurses portrays a stagnant workforce with a dramatic slowdown in nursing school enrollments.

2.   Mexico is still facing the prospect of an dramatic slowdown in its economy this year.

3.   The newcomers are responsible for a dramatic slowdown in marathon median times nationwide.

4.   This summer, AOL reported a dramatic slowdown in the rate of new customer signups, while CompuServe actually reported a membership decline.

5.   Virtually all local agencies saw a dramatic slowdown in new-business solicitations after the April meltdown in Internet stocks, which particularly hurt sites catering to consumers.

6.   Bond prices eased early in the morning, after the U.S. government released two economic reports that confirm earlier evidence of a dramatic slowdown in the economy.

7.   But while discussing the dramatic slowdown in growth that occurred at the end of last year, Greenspan said he did not believe the economy had entered a recession.

8.   Consultants like Sapient, which help companies manage their systems and Web operations, have been among the companies hardest hit by the dramatic slowdown in business technology spending.

9.   Greenspan, testifying at a House Budget Committee hearing, rejected the view of some critics that the dramatic slowdown occurred in part because the Fed botched monetary policy.

10.   Greenspan, testifying at a House Budget Committee hearing, rejected the view that the dramatic slowdown occurred in part because the Fed botched monetary policy.