31.   For now, access to Abilene is limited to academics and other professionals, but experts believe that consumers will begin realizing its benefits in a few years.

32.   Fraser expects palladium consumers will begin looking elsewhere for steady supplies.

33.   Hecht recommends that consumers begin to assess their possible senior-living needs as early as possible, before a medical crisis sets in.

34.   In Holland too consumers have begun to demand that dealers wake up.

35.   In some areas, power shortages worsened, particularly as richer consumers began using air conditioners during the summer.

36.   Instead, both chains thrived, in part because consumers began drinking more coffee.

37.   It also eliminates millions of dollars in fuel-related costs that consumers could have begun paying next year.

38.   Its patriotic themes resonated so loudly and profoundly that consumers began memorizing the script.

39.   Japanese consumers began shunning conservative Toyota sedans in favor of mini-vans and sport utilities made by Honda and others.

40.   Most of the companies are vying for phone traffic generated by businesses, but consumers are beginning to taste the competition to come.