51.   But many companies outside the technology sector appear to be weathering the storm quite nicely.

52.   But many mainstream advertisers are reluctant to leap from traditional magazines to the fast-growing technology magazine sector.

53.   But the fabulous success of the personal computer industry is already an old story in the fast-changing technology sector.

54.   But the recovery of the technology sector, whose plunge led the stock market into bear territory, still lags that of many old economy stocks.

55.   But the technology sector dominated Massachusetts.

56.   But the technology sector was battered again after two computer companies warned of earnings trouble.

57.   But the technology sector did manage a glimmer of a rally Thursday.

58.   But the technology sector relinquished some gains in the afternoon, as the decline in the Dow accelerated.

59.   Companies now must report options, used heavily by the technology sector, only as a footnote in earnings reports.

60.   Continued weakness in the technology sector, coupled with a daylong retreat in drug and financial stocks, dragged stock prices down Wednesday.