41.   But just this month, what may be the best tabletop radio hit the market.

42.   But technology takes the most credit, as improved products hit the market.

43.   But the idea of commercializing it was overtaken by events when CDs hit the market.

44.   But the strategy did not protect it from the chain reaction that hit global markets in August.

45.   But, before the first genetically altered smoked salmon hit the market, the fledgling industry is caught in the rising controvery over genetic tinkering with the food supply.

46.   But Transmeta has high expectations for a company that has yet to see products with its semiconductors hit the market.

47.   But unlike countless other mothers who fantasize about creating whine-stopping diversions for their children, she sees some of her ideas hit the market.

48.   By fall, sock-puppet slippers, T-shirts, posters, calendars, stuffed animals and finger puppets will start hitting the market under a licensing deal.

49.   Coming near the end of a quiet Friday in August, the news hit the market especially hard.

50.   Corel was also hurt by reluctance among consumers to buy WordPerfect until a new version hit the market just before the quarter ended.