21.   Claudia E. Mott, a research analyst on Wall Street, spends most of her days answering questions from investors about small-company stocks.

22.   Cliff Adelman, a senior research analyst with the U.S. Department of Education, has studied the schooling of information workers.

23.   Consequently, a stock favored by a research analyst will probably be held by a number of Fidelity funds.

24.   David Restrepo, a research analyst with Jupiter Communications, attributes the enormous money spent on an emerging market to potential and track record.

25.   David Sturtz, research analyst for Credit Suisse First Boston, said the cutbacks at the consulting companies were not unexpected given their reliance on capital from dot-com start-ups.

26.   CSFB has also expanded its healthcare group in the past few months, adding bankers and research analysts.

27.   Digital camera owners represent a majority of that group, said Lia Schubert, an InfoTrends research analyst.

28.   David Evans, research analyst and co-manager of Robertson Stephens Emerging Growth, takes over the fund from Bob Czepiel, who retired.

29.   During the war years he worked in Washington as a research analyst in the Office of Strategic Services and its successor, the CIA.

30.   Earlier this month, he gave the title of vice president to six research analysts, and he also named Peter Langerman chief operating officer.