21.   Call it the next wave of globalization, or the natural byproduct of the consumer culture that Coke helped build up around the world.

22.   Chains like Columbia-HCA have been on a buying spree, and the nonprofit hospitals are seen as the next wave of targets.

23.   Child stars inevitably grow up, the precocious youngsters becoming the presiding elders for the next wave of young blood.

24.   Clearnet Communications Inc. said it will offer almost national coverage when it unveils the next wave of wireless communication this fall.

25.   Companies that do the same for computing and the Internet are the firms that will ride the next wave.

26.   Clearly, those luxury designers are cultivating the next wave of customers, many of whom already indulge themselves with status handbags and shoes.

27.   Coming soon to a TV near you is the next wave.

28.   Established companies, with fewer start-ups breathing down their necks, may be in no hurry to come up with the next wave of innovation.

29.   Even Amgen, despite having a lineup that most companies would envy, worries about the next wave of prospective products.

30.   Ever since, under several different chief executives, Stride Rite has been trying to catch the next fashion wave.