"But the anticipated decline was only gradual and the uncertainties around that forecast were skewed toward higher rather than lower inflation rates."

"It was an anticipated decline," Mr. Hidalgo said, "since Southern Californians are married to their automobiles."

And perhaps more significantly, Mr. Baskin said, "Nothing is going to be in place in 1993 in time to offset the anticipated decline in Lopid sales."

AST's anticipated decline comes amid revenue growth of more than 20 percent for personal computer makers.

The most pervasive obstacle to supporting affordable housing policies, the report said, was an anticipated decline in school quality.

THE widely anticipated postwar decline in oil prices came and went in a hurry.

An anticipated decline in interest rates, which was expected to ignite a rally, has not occurred.

In such a market, Manville's anticipated decline in profits makes the deal tough to sell.

The Gap also said on Sunday that, despite the anticipated decline in third-quarter earnings, it still expected sales and earnings this year to exceed last year's.

He attributes tuition increases partly to an anticipated decline of 5 percent in alumni donations, generated by new Federal tax laws and the stock market crash.