11.  The big cosmetic companies are hunting for new in consumer-deprived Eastern Europe.

12.  The cosmetic companies have something else they can play off.

13.  The exceedingly modest incomes of most East European women have not stopped the big international cosmetic companies from hunting for new markets in the consumer-deprived region.

14.  The stock is richly priced compared with the stock of other publicly traded cosmetic companies.

15.  Venerable fashion houses, like cosmetic companies, automakers and television networks, are all working feverishly to attract a new generation.

16.  With spring right around the corner, new products from major cosmetic companies are breaking onto the market like crocuses popping through topsoil.

17.  Yes, even cosmetic companies are on a brown binge.

18.  Cosmetic companies are finding that the business of selling polishes and potions to teens, pre-teens and younger girls is anything but kid stuff.

19.  Last November, British cosmetic companies agreed voluntarily with the government to stop testing finished cosmetic products on animals.

20.  Pat Locke of South Dakota wants to protect the ancient plant wisdom of American Indians from commercialization by drug and cosmetic companies.