51.   Praecis Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge bucked the trend among many new companies that ended the year below their initial public offering price.

52.   Special concern, however, should be devoted to the rising trend among children and teen-agers to chomp their way toward corpulence.

53.   Specialists say the move to weeknights is part of a larger trend among couples to take a more independent approach to their weddings.

54.   Statewide figures were similar.The trend among African-Americans shows the need for affordable housing, housing officials say.

55.   Still, the trend among retail voters does point to the challenge that Hewlett-Packard has faced in selling shareholders on the deal.

56.   Something has to be done about the latest alarming trend among American teen-agers.

57.   Terrence B. Adamson, a senior vice president, emphasized that the trend among many media organizations is simply to buy all rights with one fee.

58.   Take the question of trends among married couples with children.

59.   The alliance reflects a growing trend among sites on the World Wide Web to join forces to reach bigger audiences.

60.   The acquisition follows a rapidly growing trend among drug makers to snap up biotechnology companies.