1.   And because the different contracts made comparisons difficult, the firm could not easily track trends, predict revenues or make the most of its customer database.

2.   Atlanta has tracked the trend so assiduously that rush hour resembles an army fleeing an occupied country.

3.   Blue Bell tracks trends by region, not by age or libido.

4.   According to Gallup, which tracks worldwide trends in religious beliefs, the United States is among the most devout nations of the industrialized world.

5.   But, according to the March issue of Governing, which tracks trends in local government, the fights have all too much in common.

6.   Celente outlined his four-step formula for tracking a trend, which starts with his reading news stories.

7.   Charles Biderman, president of Trim Tabs Financial Services of Santa Rosa, Calif., which tracks investment trends, sees a red flag.

8.   Economists follow the Philadelphia Fed index because it tends to track national trends.

9.   Economists follow the report because it tends to track national trends.

10.   Experts who have tracked the trend have deduced that women smoke cigars because they remind them of their fathers and grandfathers.