11.   All true, as was the argument of Randy Shandobil of KTVU-TV, who asked whether a content analysis of newspapers would show the same trend.

12.   Broader surveys showed the same trend.

13.   Business economists have become victims of the same downsizing trends they write about so often in their analyses of the national job market.

14.   But others who see the same trend at work fear it could also lead to undue media domination and restricted choices for consumers.

15.   Cigar store owners on the East Coast are spotting same trend.

16.   Chessen and others, however, see the same trend in a different way.

17.   Each team managed a score in the third quarter, but the same trend continued.

18.   Ernie Acosta, a supplier with Nestle Foods, said the same trend can be seen in stores across the South Bronx.

19.   Fisher Price executives have noticed the same trend.

20.   Geshwiler, of CommonAngels, said he has seen the same trend in his corner of the private-equity world.