31.   Pretzels scored highest in Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa., and fared worst in San Antonio.

32.   Retailers that sell electronics fared the worst.

33.   Schools in largely poor and minority neighborhoods, which already have a hard time recruiting qualified instructors, fared the worst.

34.   Schools in which most students were minorities fared the worst, he said.

35.   Shares of companies like automakers, whose performance improves or worsens as the economy grows or shrinks, fared the worst.

36.   Sales of furniture and sports goods fared the worst in July, the association said.

37.   Some less elite schools, which are often unknown in other countries, are faring the worst.

38.   Talks with Pacific Telesis Group seemed to be faring the worst.

39.   The drought has affected other countries of the Caribbean and Central America, National Weather Service meteorologists said, with those farther from the equator faring the worst.

40.   The larger of them can do serious damage to a car, but they inevitably end up faring the worst in any confrontation with two tons of speeding machinery.