1.   Critics of the reforms reacted sharply last night.

2.   Violent incidents such as kidnapping and sabotage dropped sharply last year.

3.   And the pressure increased sharply last week because of the compensation controversy.

4.   BLOOD AVAILABLE for transfusions has been in short supply, and that situation worsened sharply last week.

5.   After dropping sharply last fall, the stock price of all three companies has actually risen this year, as investors have looked forward to a quick recovery.

6.   Gregory Melich, an analyst with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, cut his forecast for Chrysler sharply last week.

7.   IBM is widely given credit for unfurling a safety net under the entire market when stocks plunged sharply last fall.

8.   It squeezed liquidity so sharply last year that commercial banks almost stopped lending.

9.   One of the principal reasons for rising stock prices is the rally in bonds, which fell sharply last year.

10.   Second, imports also fell sharply last year, thanks in part to a welter of antidumping duties.