91.   American Presents signed Hopkins after a court ruled last week he no longer had a valid contract with his former manager, Butch Lewis.

92.   Although hospitals and doctor groups sign their own contracts with HMOs to provide service to enrollees, hospitals depend on doctors to bring in patients.

93.   Although the academy employs a steady core of players, none has a contract with the organization.

94.   Although Sheila signed the pledge, at the same time she made a solemn oral contract with Sean that their lives would never be dictated by anybody else.

95.   Although the handbooks will initially be distributed in just five states, private health plans can sign contracts with the government and can enroll Medicare beneficiaries in other states.

96.   Although they rarely express it openly, many people have begun to question why their governments have not canceled arms and other big contracts with the United States.

97.   Although the breadth of the problem is unknown, infected food breaks the unwritten contract with American consumers that they can expect their food to be safe.

98.   Altus had been created to invest cash that Thomson-CSF acquired in a large defense-electronics contract with Saudi Arabia.

99.   America Online and MSN competed head-to-head for a smaller contract with Tandy Corp., which owns Radio Shack shops.

100.   America West quietly terminated its maintenance contract with Tramco in March.