31.   But Davie chose the conservative approach, staying on the ground as the clock rolled.

32.   But even with those purchases, Chase faced the prospect of losing ground as competitors made even bigger acquisitions.

33.   But critics claim that NCR is losing ground as rivals like Oracle Corp., IBM and Informix move into the data warehousing market.

34.   But low-cal is gaining ground as a consumer crusade.

35.   But meat and blood and bonemeal have been plowed into the ground as fertilizer everywhere and fed to livestock and pets and zoo animals all over the world.

36.   But the festival, as always, tries to cover as much cultural and cinematic ground as possible.

37.   But they came perilously close to being on the ground as the invasion began, because of the marathon negotiating session.

38.   Chilean shares were mixed, as concern mounted that shares that trade abroad may lose ground as U.S. bond yields rise and stocks fall.

39.   Conservatives characterized themselves as the avant-garde thinkers willing to break with tradition while Democrats stood their ground as the guardians of the poor.