41.   For example, many companies now take large charges when they make acquisitions, to write off the value of acquired research and development work.

42.   Halstead founded the think tank three years ago after working on various national environmental campaigns and doing development work in Latin America.

43.   He declined to say how much money Toshiba paid for the license or how much the company had spent on development work.

44.   He is also resuming a vigorous training schedule as well as development work on the coming International Space Station.

45.   He did not specify whether development work would begin before the lifting of the seven-year-old U.N. oil and trade embargo on Iraq.

46.   In addition, Cerasoli said, the bulk of development work was done while the two had been working full time for the state.

47.   Investors complained that Acclaim was contracting out too much software development work and buying the licenses of characters instead of creating original game ideas in house.

48.   She noted that traffic studies recently were conducted in the area when Intel Corp. expanded its headquarters and when development work was approved at Mission College.

49.   She promised to continue the fight to keep development work on the Space Station in Houston, a promise that raised a roar from the labor crowd.

50.   Some analysts had believed Marconi would lead a turnaround this period after taking charges for development work last year.