21.   For the last three years, with the markets marching steadily upwards, the industry trend had been to push fund managers into ever-narrower pigeonholes.

22.   Ford also is bucking an industry trend that has seen competitors sell or announce plans to sell their rental car subsidiaries.

23.   Gates said it was an industry trend that software makers, including rivals Netscape Communications Corp. and Oracle Corp., integrate more and more functions into software.

24.   He has several teaching sessions a year with his managers, showing them how to spot industry trends and have the confidence to move on them.

25.   He said Creative is a victim of the PC industry trend, which has seen slowing demand and falling prices for D-RAM memory chips.

26.   He put more emphasis on computer services, an industry trend.

27.   He has preferred pursuing growth in telecommunications, sidestepping such industry trends as making tempting but risky entrees into the entertainment business.

28.   High rollers tend to prefer playing baccarat, and casino winnings from that card game are so volatile that analysts often exclude them when assessing industry trends.

29.   However, analysts said the month-on-month data tends to be volatile and may not reflect an industry trend.

30.   Hospital consolidation became an industry trend.