1.   Because of the pall cast by the investigation, shareholders have pressured Grace management to look for potential buyers or partners.

2.   Jitters from the Japanese election added to the pall cast over Semicon West, the huge chip-equipment trade show that kicked off Tuesday at Moscone Center.

3.   Nowhere was this trend more apparent than in the pall cast over trading of technology issues Monday.

4.   Investors continued to sell blue chips in all sectors as pessimism over the nascent economic recovery cast a pall over the market.

5.   The aborted U.S. peace shuttle cast a pall of pessimism over a region that had heard some optimistic predictions as the mission was underway.

6.   The death of Mireille Durocher Bertin cast a pall on what the White House hoped would be a triumphal presidential visit Friday.

7.   A fresh terrorist scare and deepening worries over the Enron scandal after former chief executive Kenneth Lay refused to testify on the issue cast a pall over US markets.