21.   Only white men and Asians registered substantial gains at almost all levels.

22.   Previously unglamorous companies such as Allied Signal, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing and Smurfit-Stone Container registered impressive gains.

23.   Republican prospects in the House are registering a gain too, though far smaller.

24.   Similar gains were registered this month at largely white and largely black schools that were pulled out of the busing program.

25.   Some shares that registered sharp gains in recent sessions were among the biggest losers today.

26.   Some sparsely populated rural areas, however, registered significant gains.

27.   That economic indicator, which some analysts consider less volatile than the Conference Board report, registered a gain in consumer sentiment during July.

28.   The bond registered a gain of just over half a point on the day.

29.   The drop follows a long period in which those stocks registered tremendous gains.

30.   The one regional bank to register a gain today was St.George Bank Ltd.