21.   Although other investment bankers wanted in on the action, the broker, A. Charles Schwartz, signed an agreement with Dillon.

22.   Alpheus C. Beane, a Wall Street investment banker for more than five decades, died last Wednesday in Aurora, Colo., where he was vacationing.

23.   Also leading sales will be non-U.S. borrowers, including some from emerging markets, investment bankers said.

24.   Alvarez, a former journalist, investment banker and federal financial regulator, was appointed SBA administrator by President Clinton earlier this year.

25.   Although Wolfensohn is a former investment banker, he is proving hard to outflank on the left.

26.   Ameen said he then heard about Harken from an investment banker in Little Rock, Ark.

27.   American investment bankers are still plugging away looking for business in developing countries such as Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia.

28.   American Radio recently signaled it may be up for sale when it hired investment banker Credit Suisse First Boston to develop a plan to boost its stock.

29.   American investment bankers specializing in high technology have already drawn the interest of foreign buyers.

30.   An investment banker laughed at the notion.