71.   But heading into a new year that will present daunting challenges to jetliner sales, the company is losing its legendary top commercial airplane salesman.

72.   But during the first few years, the company has lost money.

73.   But eventually the telephone companies too lost faith in two-way digital TV technology, at least in the near term.

74.   But in recent years, the company lost its way.

75.   But if an employee can prove he was too intimidated to come forward, a company could lose and wind up liable.

76.   But now the companies are losing ground.

77.   But on every other front, the record companies are losing.

78.   But the company still lost market share to foreign automakers.

79.   But the company was still losing money.

80.   But the company has lost ground to parallel clusters, built by competitors like IBM and Compaq, that run simulations of car crashes.