21.   Both are among the leading companies in managing and processing consumer credit systems.

22.   A former secretary at a leading company said she and her husband were being advised by Wyskowski to file for bankruptcy soon.

23.   A recent public opinion survey by the leading Republican polling company has in part alerted the White House.

24.   A handful of leading companies will come to dominate cyberspace.

25.   A slew of bankruptcies among leading companies, including Hanbo Group and Sammi Group drained financial resources.

26.   Add a nationwide recession, aggravated by the September terrorist attacks, and the two leading handheld companies were in serious trouble.

27.   Affinity, the leading ALM company, was founded two years ago by Jeff Norris, a former computer systems engineer at Digital Equipment Corp.

28.   After much pressure from foreign investors, the government agreed to let nonresidents use those rubles to buy stocks and bonds at leading Russian companies.

29.   Burnham and Hawley both recently replaced larger-than-life chief executives at leading Massachusetts companies and soon ran into trouble.

30.   But few leading companies have headquarters in Kyushu, and cooperation with Asia in the private sector is lagging behind.