1.   The structure that I have suggested is sufficiently robust to halt that slide and ensure that acute care remains free throughout.

2.   But China has an even greater stake in halting the slide.

3.   But the Chinese leaders have clearly decided that they must pressure the island now to halt a slide toward independence.

4.   But what if the economic slide can be halted?

5.   Denver has had a week off to try to halt their slide.

6.   Gore has halted his slide in the polls and is pulling back even with Bradley in states like New Hampshire and New York, where he was trailing.

7.   Halting the slide will require cooperation between the city and state, something that has been in short supply over the last year.

8.   He had no estimate for the amount of dollars the central bank sold to halt the slide today.

9.   Housebuilders fell as rising Treasury bond yields threatened to halt the slide in mortgage rates.

10.   If the mark resumes its sharp decline, the Bundesbank could boost rates -- to halt the slide to prevent inflation from accelerating.