21.   As prices drop, analysts expect the Pentium III to gain popularity by the end of this year, if not sooner.

22.   As the truck series has gained popularity, the tracks have changed a little.

23.   AS THE WORLD WIDE WEB TURNS Soap operas are rapidly gaining popularity on the Internet, providing on-line entertainment and creating opportunities for advertisers at a relatively low cost.

24.   At the height of the civil rights movement, when integration seemed possible both in public spaces and on the pop charts, romantics like Aretha Franklin gained popularity.

25.   At long last, in recent years the healthy trend of shunning the sun has gained popularity.

26.   Blue chronicles action sports like rock climbing and sky diving, which are gaining popularity thanks to exposure on MTV and in the X Games.

27.   Born in Seattle, the daughter of a newspaper editor and Christian Science lecturer, Channing quickly learned how to gain schoolyard popularity by mimicking her teachers.

28.   A bar gains popularity for various reasons.

29.   A few halfheartedly flirted with the lounge look, as crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett gained popularity among the twentysomething crowd.

30.   A new procedure that uses a tiny camera and special instruments to repair herniated lower discs with minimal discomfort and recovery time is fast gaining popularity.