31.   By keeping inventories low and carefully planning promotional sales, many of them have learned how to squeeze strong profits out of modest sales gains.

32.   Cluff also said employment figures should see some modest gains this year.

33.   Colorado stocks enjoyed modest gains, led by computer-related manufacturers Dovatron International Inc. and Storage Technology Corp. and drugmaker Nexstar Pharmaceuticals Inc.

34.   Commercial aircraft posted a modest gain in July, while orders for defense capital goods declined last month.

35.   Commercial aircraft, posted a modest gain in July, while orders for defense capital goods declined last month.

36.   Commercial aircraft, meantime, posted a modest gain.

37.   Conservative funds that put their money into the stocks of large companies have managed modest gains this year.

38.   Daimler-Benz stock posted a modest gain in Frankfurt, after also failing to trade on Monday.

39.   Despite the news of two new huge bank mergers and a big rally in the financial sector, the stock market struggled to modest gains Monday.

40.   Eli Lilly and Merck posted impressive quarterly results, while SmithKline Beecham reported a modest gain.