41.  But cloudy weather hurt sales, and there were empty seats.

42.  But even this merchandising miscue has not hurt sales.

43.  But some analysts say a format war will confuse consumers and hurt sales.

44.  But the beef-extract flap is bound to hurt sales, just as fears about Mad Cow disease have hurt sales in Europe.

45.  But the economic downturn could hurt sales, too.

46.  But the loss of stock market income mainly hurts sales of big-ticket items like expensive homes and autos.

47.  But the plunge seems to have hurt sales of at least one luxury item.

48.  But while such weather may hurt sales of coats and mittens, consumers still had to buy something to put under the tree.

49.  But they were worried that a warning label would hurt sales, memos from high-ranking Grace officials show.

50.  By contrast, Coca-Cola and its bottlers are reducing prices in Brazil and Russia, where turbulent economies are hurting case sales.