1.   It gave United a point and stopped the slide.

2.   A poll released last week by the University of Connecticut indicated that Mrs. Kennelly continued to trail her opponent, but had stopped her slide.

3.   A stable bond market and a slight rise in the value of the dollar did not stop the slide.

4.   Albright promises a renewed effort to stop the slide in spending, in real terms, on foreign policy.

5.   Bush thinks he can stop his slide by marshaling his assets, arguments and achievements.

6.   But Bush seemed disengaged from the task of stopping his slide.

7.   But the Kings needed to put the numbers aside for a night and show the rest of the conference they had stopped their slide.

8.   But this year, he simply could not find the right formula to stop the slide.

9.   Executives of Prudential and American General began a round of urgent meetings with important investors in the United States and Europe but could not stop the slide.

10.   For gun makers, the real prize is the larger civilian market, where gun sales have been falling and where a new product might stop the slide.