21.   But Brown and others say building the crane has reminded them that, in some ways at least, technology has advanced more slowly than people think.

22.   But nuclear-transfer technology is advancing rapidly, Wolf notes.

23.   But OnStar tracks its vehicles only when the driver activates the system, and company officials said that policy is unlikely to change even as the technology advances.

24.   But technology is advancing at such a rapid pace that cyber-cinema is moving from the realm of fantasy and science fiction to the headlines.

25.   But the technology has greatly advanced.

26.   But Yeomans said the technology was advancing so quickly that new applications, possibly ones not yet imagined, would inevitably arise.

27.   But US West says that the technology has advanced to the point of viability.

28.   Expansion can be accomplished at a relatively low cost to the carriers and the technology can advance at a rapid pace, Wright said.

29.   Hardware technology advances faster than software technology, according to James Staten, an analyst at the Dataquest research firm in San Jose.

30.   In the postwar decades, markets seemed infallible as incomes rose, wealth grew and technology advanced.