21.   Low-income patients also fared worse in HMOs than in fee-for-service health plans, the researchers said.

22.   Lea Bondi fared worse.

23.   Lycos was struggling to break out of its second-tier Internet status and Pioneer was faring much worse, reeling from serious business setbacks.

24.   Many rivals have fared worse.

25.   Mrs. Kemp seems to be faring no worse than Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore before four years of public scrutiny whipped them into shape, style-wise.

26.   Much of the developing world could fare worse because it lies mostly in tropical latitudes which are likely to suffer more droughts.

27.   Of course, the New York region could have fared far worse.

28.   Only four states and the District of Columbia fared worse.

29.   Only markets in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have fared worse.

30.   Only Thailand has fared worse.