11.   Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch, has already served notice that his group would challenge such a transaction in court as an illegal gratuity.

12.   Neither the DEA nor the Highway Patrol knows how often such a transaction occurs, because records are not easily available.

13.   Regulators there already have said they would approve such a transaction.

14.   Such a transaction can legitimately serve as a lifeline to promising but financially struggling businesses, advocates say.

15.   Such a transaction is tax-free under current IRS guidelines.

16.   Such a transaction takes place when one health-care entity incurs an expense by making a payment to another entity, when both have the same ultimate owner.

17.   Such a transaction would open up new business opportunities on the mainland.

18.   Such a transaction could allow Columbia to shift acquisition costs that are not reimbursable by the government into administrative costs that are.

19.   Such a transaction would be easier for US West to accomplish with this new class of stock.

20.   Such a transaction could involve the issuance of a separate tracking stock at the time of the acquisition.