31.   Rising compensation accounts for the increase in expenses, the Goldman partner said.

32.   Telling the limited partners about a writedown to the tune of a billion dollars was no fun, the partners say.

33.   That figure tops what a general partner who spent a lifetime there received upon retirement as recently as a year ago, retired partners say.

34.   The article also misstated the name of a consulting company whose partner said no government had ever been successful playing the market.

35.   The Chinese partner said the choice was made for commercial reasons, and the decision involved central government officials.

36.   The firm has an inspection program, and different Deloitte offices were inspected every summer, this partner said.

37.   The five business partners say they know best how to develop the expensively produced content bought on the cheap.

38.   The Liberty partners said their software technology would be jointly developed and freely distributed, providing a standard they said will be crucial for the growth of electronic commerce.

39.   The latter was a dealbreaker if a partner said no because he recently got a cat.

40.   The managing partner said she could attend anyway.