11.   Personal computers are now sold as if they were consumer appliances, but for many people they remain infuriatingly difficult machines to use.

12.   Similarly, many makers of consumer appliances, like Maytag, have not been willing to let their dealers sell on line.

13.   Sony managing director Sumio Sano said the improvement came as sales of consumer electronics appliances, such as televisions and audio equipment, picked up worldwide.

14.   Sony said the improvement came as sales of consumer electronics appliances, such as televisions and audio equipment, picked up world-wide.

15.   Tadiran has interests in consumer appliances, defense contracting and telecommunications.

16.   The electronics maker yesterday cut its full-year pretax forecast by more than a third, citing falling chip prices and sales of consumer appliances in Japan.

17.   The electronics maker yesterday cut its full-year pretax forecast by more than a third, citing falling sales of consumer appliances in Japan.

18.   The PC market promises to continue to be a tough one for consumer electronics companies, unless the PC itself comes to resemble a consumer appliance.

19.   The two companies said they will develop PCs, semiconductors, consumer electronic appliances and entertainment software.

20.   Without the triple-digit inflation of the past, their salaries have a newfound value, measured in an explosion of sales in consumer appliances.