81.   But early in the balloting, Ferraro, who lost ground in her home region, seemed to make up ground in various northern, eastern and western counties.

82.   But commentators here said Fox may have lost ground by engaging in a game of political chicken and fumbling negotiations he orchestrated over the debate on Tuesday.

83.   But even when Volkswagen had the market at its fender and demand for small cars soared, the company lost ground.

84.   But even Jobs admits Apple lately has been losing ground in these key areas to rivals such as mail-order giant Dell Computer Corp. and IBM.

85.   But even with those purchases, Chase faced the prospect of losing ground as competitors made even bigger acquisitions.

86.   But except for Wellpoint, health-care stocks lost ground this week.

87.   But even that segment is now losing ground because of tremendous overbuilding.

88.   But GM has been losing market share for decades and has lost further ground this year to companies like Toyota and Honda.

89.   But critics claim that NCR is losing ground as rivals like Oracle Corp., IBM and Informix move into the data warehousing market.

90.   But if one of the contestants appears to be losing ground, they may try to catch up by changing the ground rules.