31.   In a march toward triviality, many stations have reduced their repertory to snippets and light classics, swathed in happy talk whose only redeeming feature is its brevity.

32.   In at least one important respect, New York could face even slower going in the march toward capital punishment.

33.   In discount brokerage, Charles Schwab and E-Trade Group have led the march toward electronic trading.

34.   In the continuing march toward miniaturization, scientists have now not just built microbe-size contraptions, they have also found a way to make them move.

35.   It seemed that the region would continue to march toward economic growth and stability.

36.   It is further predicted that new computer technologies will take over where integrated circuits leave off and continue the inexorable march toward exponentially increasing computational power.

37.   James Earl Ray, imprisoned for the killing, maintains his innocence during his own slow march toward death.

38.   Massachusetts can expect similar chaos as it begins its march toward deregulation.

39.   Many ordinary people have mixed feelings about the march toward deeper integration, and the advance is stepping into high gear.

40.   Meanwhile, Oldsmobile continues its march toward oblivion, but consumers are gobbling up the cars that are still on sale.