Traders attributed the modest drops to profit taking and technical factors.

Nevertheless, Intel projected only modest drops in prices for its own 486 chips in the first quarter of 1995.

Bond traders said the modest drop indicated that debt holders believed Apple had a future, with or without the Sun deal.

The modest drop in age is not exactly cause for celebration yet at CBS.

Even the modest drop in German rates gives other nations more flexibility to lower their own rates, or at least avert an increase.

The rivers, despite their modest drop, were also harnessed for iron making.

And that was a modest drop compared with the routs in some other warrants tied to falling stocks.

The figures for adult females, however, are less heartening - a modest drop from 28.4 to 22.8 percent.

Two-thirds of the students - only a modest drop - go on to college.

Yesterday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell to 4,179.13, down 16.25 points, a modest drop.