1
 New orders for durable goods fell back slightly in September
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2
 after shooting up the month before,
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3
 reflecting weakening auto demand after a spurt of orders for new 1990 models,
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4
 the Commerce Department reported.
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5
 Orders for military equipment, household appliances, machinery and other goods 
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6
expected to last at least three years
5
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7
 dipped 0.1% last month, to $126.68 billion,
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 after leaping 3.9% in August, 
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the department said.
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 Most analysts had expected a sharper decline after the steep rise in August. 
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Moreover, a recent government report
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 showing widespread layoffs in manufacturing 
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13
had contributed to perceptions 
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that the manufacturing sector of the economy had slowed to a crawl.
13
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15
 But many economists pointed to a 1.8% September rise in orders outside the volatile transportation category.
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16
 That suggests 
17
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17
the manufacturing sector is not falling apart, 
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said Sally Kleinman, an economist at Manufacturers Hanover Securities Corp. in New York.
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19
 She added, however: 
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20
It is not robust by any means.
5015
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21
 While a decline in orders for cars and civilian airplanes pulled down the orders total,
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Contrast

22
 an enormous jump in orders for heavy military equipment propped it up.
5019
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23
 Orders for capital defense goods skyrocketed 56%,
22
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24
 and a government analyst said 
5021
attribution

25
nearly all areas saw increases, 
5021
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26
including airplanes, missiles, ships, tanks and communications equipment.
25
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 Orders for military goods usually catapult in September,
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28
 government officials say,
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attribution

29
 as the Pentagon scrambles to spend its money 
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30
before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. 
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31
While all the numbers in the durable goods report were adjusted for seasonal fluctuations, 
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32
a Commerce Department analyst said
33
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33
 that the adjustment probably didn't factor out all of the wide-ranging surge in defense orders. 
5027
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34
 Without the increase in defense bookings, 
35
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35
September orders would have plummeted 3.9%.
5031
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36
 Analysts were most unsettled by evidence 
5032
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37
the backlog of orders at factories is slipping.
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38
 Unfilled orders for durable goods rose 0.4% in September, to $476.14 billion,
5033
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39
 after declining for the first time in 2 1/2 years in August.
38
temporal-after

40
 In July unfilled orders grew 1%.
5041
Contrast

41
 But analysts noted 
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42
that 
5039
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43
excluding transportation-
5037
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44
where what they believe was a temporary surge in auto demand pushed up the figures-
43
elaboration-additional

45
order backlogs have declined for three months in a row.
5038
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46
 It means we're eating into the bread 
5069
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47
that keeps us going. 
46
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48
That is a little disturbing, 
5044
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49
Ms. Kleinman said.
48
attribution

50
 It also means 
5047
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51
if you have a real drop-off in orders,
52
condition

52
 production will likely fall off very quickly 
5046
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53
because there is less 
5048
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54
to keep things going.
53
elaboration-additional

55
 Capital goods orders outside of the defense sector tumbled for the second month in a row, 
5070
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56
posting a 5.6% drop after a 10.3% decline.
55
result

57
 Such steep drops in a category 
5053
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58
seen as a barometer of business investment
57
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59
 would customarily be grave news for the economy.
5054
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60
 But a Commerce Department analyst said 
5057
attribution

61
that in both months orders would have risen 
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Contrast

62
had it not been for a drop in civilian aircraft bookings, a category 
5072
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63
that is showing declines only after a huge surge earlier this year.
62
elaboration-object-attribute-e

64
 Still, Milton Hudson, senior economic adviser at Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. in New York, said: 
5061
attribution

65
If you look back a half-year or so 
5062
condition

66
the evidence was pretty good of affirmative strength in the capital-goods sector.
5062
span

67
 Now at least there are question marks about that,
5063
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68
 and without any question the pace of growth has slowed.
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