21.   Although a definitive agreement has not been reached, analysts expect a final deal by summer.

22.   Although analysts expect heavy layoffs, none have been announced.

23.   Although analysts expected a pick-up in overall defaults this year, it has yet to appear.

24.   Although analysts expected lower earnings and revenue because of competition in the long-distance market, the decline outpaced predictions.

25.   Although analysts expect the committee to leave rates unchanged, U.S. Treasuries fell in New York yesterday amid last-minute pre-FOMC jitters.

26.   Although analysts had expected orders to be flat last month, the stronger orders led to only a modest rise in market interest rates.

27.   Although copper supplies are scare now, most analysts expect demand to fall during the summer when construction activity slackens.

28.   Although few analysts expect the economy to grow at all this year, the gross domestic product may not shrink much either.

29.   Amazon.Com, by far the biggest merchant on the Internet, reported Wednesday that its losses in the third quarter were slightly less than analysts had expected.

30.   Although Federated has not revealed detailed plans, retail analysts expect clearance sales to begin shortly.