Racing revenues in general have been declining everywhere in recent years, and a continued slide could threaten the authority's ability to pay off its bonds and contemplate additional projects in the future.

The outlook for the next few years is for a continued slide.

White's continued slide down the rankings saw him drop to 65th but he recovered slightly to move up to no. 56 for the 2009/10 season.

But a continued slide against the yen could still help pull stocks lower, as Americans fear a flight of Japanese investors back home.

What worries the naysayers is the potential impact of a continued slide in real estate prices that could be caused by Olympia's bankruptcy.

Currency traders and economists said that the continued downward slide signaled that the central banks had at least temporarily gained control of the dollar's steady climb.

The continued sharp slide in stock prices supported prices of short-term securities, as investors appeared to move some money out of equities and into short-term notes and bills.

The spectre of a continued slide in enrollments, both minority and overall, strikes fear in most college administrators.

Slide in Foreign Orders The December figure included a 21 percent increase from November in domestic orders but a continued slide in orders from foreign customers.

At the same time, though, the continued slide of the dollar in currency markets suggested to some that the Fed might not need much more encouragement to come to its aid with higher rates.