41.   When the market price of the stock goes above the strike price, the options become profitable, and employees may exercise them, or buy the underlying stock.

42.   When stocks plummet, the options become unexercisable and possibly worthless, and the construct starts to crumble.

43.   With more Americans hopping from job to job, options have become a prime way for employers to build loyalty and morale.

44.   Wolfowitz said Bush has the latitude to change his mind at a later date and try Moussaoui in a military tribunal if that option becomes necessary.

45.   Yet, through miscommunication and misjudgment, they pushed one another into positions where options for compromise became less and less available.

46.   Because of trends in the private sector, this option is becoming less of a luxury and more of a necessity.

47.   Mears stressed, however, that the EPA does not want the option to become permanent.

48.   The option becomes valid later this year.

49.   If this intiative fails however, UN officials in Sarajevo have hinted that the Igman option could become an unavoidable choice.