Secondly, while foreign direct investment has fallen across Latin America this year, the drop has been particularly sharp in Chile.

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"It's a sheer drop, so if it had fallen down I would imagine it would have been injured, but it wasn't, " he said.

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Some singles that were getting relatively heavy airplay have fallen since the attacks, although some of the drop could be attributed to stations shifting to news coverage after the attacks.

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