1.   Capital spending at Motorola, the communications giant, has been curtailed because of a worldwide downturn in semiconductor sales and falling prices for these computer chips.

2.   Oil executives must weigh pressure from Washington against a backdrop of low oil prices and the worldwide economic downturn.

3.   One bright spot for the equipment manufacturers, Myers pointed out, is China, where semiconductor production is booming despite the worldwide downturn.

4.   Officials announced no similar concerted action to fight the worldwide economic downturn.

5.   The worldwide economic downturn has added to the pain.

6.   Despite the current worldwide economic downturn, experts believed the world economy would improve early next year, Charles said.

7.   Exporters have been hard hit by the worldwide downturn in the technology industry while record unemployment at home has discouraged consumers from spending.

8.   Israeli experts explain it by citing a worldwide economic downturn and the effects of nearly a year of Palestinian-Israeli violence.

9.   Like other Japanese electronics companies, Casio has suffered from the economic downturn worldwide and from deflation and depressed spending at home.

10.   Megawati will have to do all this at a time when a worldwide downturn has severely hurt demand for Asian exports.