11.   But nobody can be certain which companies will succeed and which will fail.

12.   But more and more often, companies succeed in devising strategies that blunt the power of strikes and unions.

13.   But rent-to-own companies have also succeeded in masking the true cost of their products.

14.   But Premier also had a financial interest in seeing the drug company succeed.

15.   But the company did not succeed in having the case against it closed with its guilty plea.

16.   But the company has never succeeded in managing any operation beyond its key business, which could make an acquisition tricky.

17.   But the lives of several of these people were intensely dramatic, and this company seldom succeeds in drawing drama from them.

18.   But the company succeeded only in perpetuating a disagreement about the future marketability of its pricey shares.

19.   But to a degree, tobacco companies have succeeded at framing the debate as one of hardship to small businesses.

20.   But, he added, few computer-storage companies have succeeded on low prices alone.