21.   Alabama told the Supreme Court that it has been notably more successful than states without segregation policies in preventing the spread of AIDS within its prisons.

22.   All will have been vanquished by corporate foes more successful than they at dealing with the decline of the Pentagon budget in the post-Cold War era.

23.   But Intel has been far more successful than Microsoft in keeping the antitrust challenges to its market power out of federal court, Congress and the headlines.

24.   But Oneworld has been decidedly less successful than Star in stimulating new business for its member carriers.

25.   But neither men nor women in dual-doctor families said they felt less successful than other physicians in achieving their career or child-rearing goals.

26.   But Schroeder has been less successful than Clinton or British Prime Minister Tony Blair in moving a left-wing party to the middle.

27.   But there was little indication that the agreement would be any more successful than the dozens of earlier cease-fires also brokered by U.N. officials here.

28.   But why are other teams more successful than the Jets at running those plays?

29.   But will he be any more successful than his old friend Aspin in taming the Pentagon?

30.   By some measures, they have been more successful than their U.S. counterparts.