91.   It is the backdrop of countless policy debates, on subjects from welfare to how hard it should be to declare bankruptcy.

92.   It surprised United by announcing its own intention to buy TWA, which simultaneously declared bankruptcy for the third time in little more than a decade.

93.   It was one thing to declare bankruptcy.

94.   Its founder, Eric Miller, handled business development at Kenetech, a San Francisco wind-power company that declared bankruptcy last year.

95.   Larry Etchechury, director of the Arizona Industrial Commission, which oversees state OSHA, said it is difficult to collect fines from a company that declares bankruptcy.

96.   Kaufman, who is also a spokesman for the group, said a goal among collection agencies is to collect before a debtor declares bankruptcy.

97.   Kia did not declare bankruptcy.

98.   Kirk Austin, who operated a diving subcontractor called Texas NDE Technologies Inc., declared bankruptcy before the lawsuit settlement and also could not be reached.

99.   Like Avancini, Araujo is now under contract to Globo, and quickly noticed the difference in atmosphere from her days at Manchete, which recently declared bankruptcy.

100.   Meanwhile, Ms. Boucher says she must contend with tenants like the man who declared bankruptcy to keep from paying his back rent.