51.   Loral is a leading producer of training and simulation machines for pilots, command and control communications, satellite communications, and tactical weapons and missile systems.

52.   Maytag is a leading North American producer of brand-name appliances, including Maytag, Jenn-Air, Magic Chef and Admiral.

53.   Microsoft, the leading producer of software for personal computers, is moving into software that will connect people to the Internet through their TV sets.

54.   Navistar is the leading North American producer of medium and heavy trucks and school buses.

55.   Navistar believes the NGT line will allow it to maintain its position as the leading North American producer of medium-duty trucks and school buses.

56.   Osborne told shareholders at the annual meeting last month that Asarco is considering selling at least part of its investment in another leading copper producer, Grupo Mexico.

57.   Other leading producers also are producing bumper crops.

58.   Praxair, which is based in Danbury, Conn., is the leading producer of such industrial gases as oxygen, hydrogen and helium.

59.   Raytheon is also a leading producer of the radar systems that use MMICs.

60.   Since that struck many in the courtroom as odd for a leading producer of database and financial-spreadsheet software, people laughed aloud in the courtroom.