By most accounts, though, it became a fiasco that helped send the market on its latest plunge.

Last year, before the latest plunge in enrollment, Mr. Bean sold the school district $1,000 a week in food.

But no one anticipated the latest plunge, to so low a level.

The latest plunge of nearly 20 percent against the yen and 12 percent against the mark is sorely testing such an assumption.

The prices of many imported goods will rise because of the latest plunge in the dollar, experts say.

The stock market's latest plunge set off another "flight to quality" as worried investors bought Treasury securities, pushing down yields.

A late plunge is very likely to depress foreign markets when they open the next morning.

The latest plunge has been somewhat of a surprise to most American equity analysts.

The Japanese bank stock index was not exactly airborne before the latest plunge.

The latest plunge followed steep declines in Japan and Korea.