21.   Analysts think Yeltsin will back Chernomyrdin only if he is sure the stodgy former premier can win.

22.   Analysts think it will work.

23.   Analysts think one focus is on particular electronic systems.

24.   Analysts think that the number of closures might have to be higher than that.

25.   Analysts think these could serve as a bargaining chip to acquire other international mining assets.

26.   And analysts think at least one more powerful chain, Target, a Minneapolis retailer, will eventually set up shop here.

27.   Analysts think he may do so with Roadrunner, CNNfn or Columbia House.

28.   Analysts think he should resign, and competitors wonder if his company can survive.

29.   Analysts think Mattel will get only a fraction of the price that it paid for the company.

30.   Analysts think that Barrett may be a deal maker.