Although there are pockets in the New York region and throughout the country where sales have remained depressed, many areas have recovered fully from the shock of the crash.

After the death of his son in 1923, Lermoyez became completely withdrawn, remaining depressed until his death in 1929.

His mother was a widow, and her re-marriage to a priest was resented by her family; she remained depressed and died a year after Abing's birth.

Building Industry Remains Depressed In Connecticut, for example, the number of residential building permits issued in January doubled from a year earlier.

But other economists said that company profits and capital spending remained depressed and might not be helped much by the plan.

With oil prices remaining depressed, near 10-year lows at $12 to $14 a barrel, it is likely that OPEC nations' revenue will fall further.

But demand for planes, both civilian and military, collapsed along with the Soviet Union, and the market has remained depressed.

The sector generally remains depressed these days, even though researchers announced in June that they had decoded the human genome - a landmark scientific discovery.

With the economy still mired in a downturn, passenger traffic has remained depressed, even during the usually lucrative summer months.

The News Corporation said advertising revenues remained depressed, but added that unless economic conditions deteriorated further, operating results should show improvement by the end of the financial year.