31.   But they are the leading company in ballistic missile defense.

32.   But three leading companies, each of which tracks a different group of hedge funds, differ only slightly on the overall annual results.

33.   But together, the Bells and leading Internet companies like America Online are challenging the disparity, on both the federal and municipal levels.

34.   But users are beginning to organize and have lined up such leading companies as Caterpillar, Emerson Electric and Michelin North America to lobby for them.

35.   Chilean stocks rallied after many leading companies reported a increase in first-quarter operating income.

36.   Chilean stocks fell as a weaker peso threatens to exacerbate the dollar-indebtedness of most leading companies.

37.   Cisco Systems, a leading Internet technology company, plans to brief analysts and reporters on Wednesday about a new approach to wireless communications.

38.   Club members also spent a week in New York, at the invitation of the New York Stock Exchange and several leading companies.

39.   CMG invests in several leading Internet companies, such as Lycos Inc., an Internet search service used daily by millions of people.

40.   Coal prices have been buoyant and stocks of the leading companies have been among the star performers on the New York Stock Exchange.