11.   Even if that deal does not happen, the signs point to the Raptors being wholly unimpressed with what is available at their current draft position.

12.   Federal regulators, whose approval will be needed for the deal to happen, remained noncommittal while investors dumped shares of both GTE and Bell Atlantic.

13.   Given the trend toward consolidation in the last decade, that one deal could happen any time within the next few years.

14.   How did the Letterman deal happen?

15.   If the deal happens, that advantage will go to IBM.

16.   In Hong Kong, a business deal easily happens every second.

17.   It really is some coincidence that the players the Clippers would receive from either of those teams in these phantom deals also happen to be represented to Tellem.

18.   Look for some deals still to happen this month.

19.   Most industry executives say that small, entrepreneurial firms will survive, using their knowledge of local markets and ability to move quickly to make deals happen.

20.   Nelson and Cuban worked for weeks to make the deal happen.