1.   We have seen shallow, shortlived economic recoveries, sturdy, eight-year booms, temporary slowdowns, and deep depressions.

2.   According to this theory, higher U.S. interest rates would only lead to a temporary slowdown of foreign investment flows to the Brazilian market, Abreu said.

3.   Increased competition in its core business, a temporary sales slowdown in the portable personal computer market and industrywide price-cutting ate into profits.

4.   Other analysts followed, and the company, which has a reputation for being pretty up front, made matters worse by acknowledging a temporary sales slowdown.

5.   Some investors, however, were undismayed by what they saw as a temporary slowdown caused by the new distribution system in Japan.

6.   Some investors were undismayed by what they saw as a temporary slowdown caused by the new distribution system in Japan.

7.   The problems caused temporary slowdowns on some of its assembly lines.

8.   The problems caused temporary slowdowns on some assembly lines.

9.   The semiconductor test equipment business was also off, reflecting a presumably temporary slowdown in capital spending by chip manufacturers, analysts said.

10.   Dini and other ministers insisted the current gloomy data reflect only a temporary slowdown from which the European economy will recover in the second half of this year.