1.   Although GM products are much better than they were a few years ago, he said the company still trails the Japanese manufacturers.

2.   But more recently, the company has trailed Cisco Systems Inc. in the race to produce gear that can transmit data at ever-faster speeds.

3.   He realized when he arrived that the company was trailing competitors and forced the introduction of the sorbets to market ahead of schedule.

4.   In its main long-distance operations, the company will again trail rivals such as Sprint in growth in volume of calls.

5.   Ms. Penney will develop new business opportunities in print and broadcast media for Conde Nast, an area in which the company has trailed other magazine companies.

6.   Ned Laird, managing director of the Air Cargo Management Group, said both U.S. companies trail market leader DHL International within Asia.

7.   Most Daewoo companies trail their competitors at home, with Daewoo Motor in third place behind Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors.

8.   So far in the Internet field, the company trails its most direct software rival, Netscape Communications Corp.

9.   The company trails National City Corp. and Banc One Corp. in Ohio.

10.   The combined company would trail only Anheuser-Busch in size.