21.   The company has posted one profitable quarter in the last four years.

22.   The company has had only two profitable quarters in the past two years and has poor credit ratings.

23.   The company has had only two profitable quarters in about five years.

24.   The loss breaks a string of five profitable quarters.

25.   The third quarter is typically the most profitable quarter for airlines because it includes the busy summer travel season.

26.   They all went public last year, though none has yet reported a profitable quarter.

27.   This is the second consecutive loss after five profitable quarters, but McQuary says MindSpring is willing to suffer short-term losses to pursue larger, loftier goals.

28.   Though Homestore reported four profitable quarters on a pro forma basis, which excludes many expenses, it never actually made money.

29.   Those two profitable quarters followed a string of losses for the firm.

30.   THQ just completed its ninth consecutive profitable quarter.