41. The lack of demand and the excess supply of houses precipitated a sharp fall in real prices. 42. Champion International, Boise Cascade and Mead Corp . will be hurt by excess supplies of uncoated free-sheet paper. 43. The culprit : Many businesses remain saddled with excess supplies of goods, ranging from autos to cellular telephones. 44. The federal government would no longer purchase excess supplies of butter, cheese and non-fat dry milk after 1999. 45. Last year natural gas prices were relatively low due to a combination of mild weather and excess supply . 46. But this time, price increases are limited by excess supply _ both of goods and of industrial capacity. 47. Excess supply , flat demand, mergers in the supermarket business _ all have made life harder for US apple growers.48. Excess supply and a weak demand for winter heating oil sent prices plunging to 12-year lows late last year.49. The Kimberley process has helped restore the reputation of the industry, as well as eliminating sources of excess supply . 50. He said OPEC estimates current excess supply in the market at about 1 . 4 million barrels a day.