As the show progressed further into the 1980s, the ratings took a steep slide.
The market's recent performance has encouraged some technicians to predict that the steep slide in prices may be over for a while.
The steep slide in United States stock prices was seen by many as a buying opportunity.
The bigger worry now is not the direct aftermath of the attacks but the steep economic slide.
Mostly it's just one steep slide from mountaintop to ocean bottom.
Gold was under pressure from the steep slide in silver prices.
Because of the stock market's steep slide, banks are suddenly having trouble meeting new international standards for bank capital.
I could see it falling away in a series of falls, steep slides, and rapids.
The announcement helped to set off a steep slide in stock prices that day.
