1.   When a shock came, it shook the rigid table upon which these stood.

2.   If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell.

3.   If it were severe, they all fell.

4.   He held that it could fall to record low points against the yen but it was difficult to say how far because the dollar had never fallen so far.

5.   Against this overall background the dollar seemed set to fall to record low points, they warned.

6.   The weakness of the franc hit the peseta which might also fall to record low values if Spanish deficits were not reduced, Martin said.