21.   Among business executives, stories of unanswered telephone calls and letters to the mayor abound.

22.   Analysts had expected light or even suspended sentences for the business executives in the belief that incarcerating them for a long period would be detrimental to the economy.

23.   Among the computers seized were ones belonging to business executives and administrators of computer networks.

24.   An experience recounted recently by a local business executive put the risk factor into telling perspective.

25.   An expert on risk management said that, because of cultural standards, it was inevitable that business executives abroad would eventually get caught in the crossfire.

26.   And business executives from opposing sides of the divide have distinctly different visions of where the British economy is heading.

27.   Analysts, economists and business executives now worry that the binge may take years to cure.

28.   An idea for a trans-Atlantic free-trade agreement has caught the attention of politicians, trade experts and business executives in Europe and the United States.

29.   And business executives do not see much slackening in the demand for workers, young or old.

30.   And few business executives in Japan are sorry to see the North Korean regime propped up.