Time zero for our universe is when the inflaton field begins to drop from its peak level towards zero.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, dropped by 22.5 percent in July from June's level.

Meanwhile, 30-year bond yields will drop to 7 percent from their current level of slightly less than 8 percent.

Preliminary figures for January indicate that felonies dropped more than 20 percent from last January's level, officials said.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, dropped 12.1 percent in October from September's level.

Orders from foreign businesses dropped eight-tenths of 1 percent in August from the previous month's level.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, dropped 8.6 percent in September from August's level.

The 1,263 dividend increases announced was the smallest total since 1971, and dropped 24 percent from 1989's level.

In 1991, sales of luxury boats dropped 70 percent from 1990's level, while overall boat sales fell 18 percent.

Machine tool shipments for August dropped 20.1 percent, to $157.9 million, from July's level.