31.   Soon, established Japanese companies started placing orders to Kyocera because they thought if Texas Instruments liked the products of this start-up company, then they must be good.

32.   Starting in October, the company will place Internet terminals in many of its stores.

33.   Specifically, he said his company is placing new emphasis on high-end servers to compensate for sagging personal-computer sales.

34.   The agreement does not prevent the Postal Service from allowing other companies to place collection boxes in post offices.

35.   The ads feature testimonials by Ford employees about the importance the company places on the environment, safety and personal security.

36.   The assignment of Weetman to the subsidiary came even as the company placed three executives with the unit on leave.

37.   The company has placed ex-soldiers in analyst positions, information technology, management and human resources jobs.

38.   The company places large satellite dishes on buildings and feeds the programming to individual apartments via coaxial cable or telephone wire.

39.   The company will place thousands of acres under conservation easements, and it will finance audits of its own environmental performance.

40.   The company attributed the problems largely to falling demand for Internet advertising, on which the company had placed big bets.