31.   U.S. women executives here bridled when asked whether Canada was a softer assignment than elsewhere in the world.

32.   Women executives are also learning that golf can be revitalizing.

33.   Yet those little things could humanize women executives, who are often criticized as abrasive, in the same way they humanize men.

34.   Yet, despite their growing presence, black women executives remain a mystery to others in their organizations.

35.   But Japan, which ranks last among industrialized economies in the number of women executives, looks particularly bad considering its global strength, Natividad said.

36.   This was the first time in the history of the awards that two women executives have been commended.

37.   While percentage increases in the number of women executives are encouraging, the raw numbers are less so.