21.   Analysts and consumer groups that follow the credit card industry see such charges as part of a broader trend toward more banking fees.

22.   Analysts said the change is part of a retail trend toward bigger and more cost-efficient stores.

23.   And I contend that there is a trend toward intoxication and violence.

24.   And part of a growing trend toward extranets.

25.   And in perhaps the most extreme example of what many magazine executives see as a troubling trend toward heavy editorial pressure from big advertisers, IBM has struck back.

26.   And if the Bogalusa study is any indication, the US trend toward obesity is only worsening.

27.   And nowhere in the league is the trend toward openness more openly apparent than in Miami, where iron-fisted Czar Riley has suddenly become Laid-back Pat again.

28.   And the present trend toward wired cable modems and similar devices connected to the phone lines will be used for big volumes of information.

29.   And last week, Castro reaffirmed his belief that despite the current trends toward global capitalism, his socialist vision of the world would prevail.

30.   And the trend toward an international shareholder base continues.