31.   The company also missed its revised launch dates in November and December.

32.   The company missed bond interest payments in July and August and says it will miss a payment to its banks later this month.

33.   The company missed third-quarter earnings expectations earlier this month.

34.   The companies missed expectations by a penny.

35.   The company missed the turn to the Web and has been drained of both capital and talent ever since.

36.   The two debt-ridden companies missed debt payments yesterday.

37.   This is well known on Wall Street, and helps to explain why stocks get pummeled when a company misses an earnings target by a penny a share.

38.   Wilkins said the company missed its goals in both the first half of the year and the second.

39.   While the company seldom misses on animated movies, its foray into general fare carries all the risks of the film business.

40.   Within a few weeks, sales managers saw that this method caused duplication and made the company miss chances to combine orders into one shipment.