51.   Analysts expect a number of smaller PC companies, and some large Japanese computer makers, to enter this market as well.

52.   And countless smaller companies have found a niche.

53.   Analysts said some investors were selling blue-chip stocks to buy smaller companies that promised quicker earnings growth.

54.   Analysts say that smaller companies like Datek have been leading the push toward faster, more efficient trading technologies.

55.   And finding good investments in smaller companies, of course, takes more time and effort than bigger, better-known stocks.

56.   And even in Las Vegas, a continuing supply of new hotel rooms and casinos is likely to maintain pressure on smaller companies.

57.   And as a smaller company with less infrastructure to support, the Medicines Co. could afford to accept lower profit margins from the drug than a company like Biogen.

58.   And many fret that the domestic economy is about to slow down, hurting smaller companies that do most of their business at home.

59.   And broader market indexes here did not drop as much, reflecting gains by smaller companies from newly ascendant industries such as security, video conferencing and home entertainment.

60.   And DoubleClick Inc., a big Internet advertising network, has sued two smaller companies over its patent on an ad-targeting technology.