    Sentence 1: The civilian unemployment rate improved  marginally last month - sliding down to 6.1 percent - as  companies slashed payrolls by 93,000    Sentence 2: The. ciilian’ unemployment rate improved  marginally last. month’ _ sliding down to 6.1 percent _ as  conipanies. slashed payrolls by 93,000 ainid continuing  mixed signals about the nation 's economic health