31.   Discounters, as usual, led the pack.

32.   Dole leads a pack of Republicans seeking the presidential nomination, and three of them are in the Senate.

33.   Dole, whom the polls show to be leading the pack by a wide margin, believes that the secret resides in the past.

34.   Experian has Northern California cities leading the pack with double-digit appreciation, and cities like Baltimore and Hartford, Conn., actually losing value.

35.   Ferraris were hot, and Daytonas led the pack.

36.   For now, though, Eastern Europe is growing, with Poland leading the pack.

37.   Forbes had led the pack in spending but brought up the rear in terms of time spent in the state building grass-roots support.

38.   German stocks led the pack as the strengthening dollar boosted the value of earnings derived from U.S. sales.

39.   Hanson also predicted that prints will still be popular, with geometric patterns leading the pack.

40.   Given the dismal market performances, one would not have expected such volatile stocks as technology and health care to lead the pack.