The dollar fell, its rise slowed by action by the world's leading central banks.

The rise and fall of her chest slowed until it was imperceptible.

During the middle to late Archaic period sea level rise slowed and approached contemporary levels.

The rise in oil prices on world markets slowed yesterday.

Instead, their figures project that the rise in medical costs will slow from 8 percent in 1993 to 6 percent by the late 1990's.

The resulting rise in the value of the yen would further slow Japanese economic growth, economists agreed.

A fifth rise in interest rates this year would slow the economy and, possibly, the stock market.

Such a rise in prices would slow growth slightly, he said, but not enough to produce a recession.

He expressed relief that the euro's rise against the dollar had slowed.

And a sustained rise in the cost of energy could substantially slow economic growth.