51.   Industry executives argue that statistic is misleading, however, because it includes more small, young funds that have been started up as the industry has boomed.

52.   Internet executives argued that America Online is hurting its own users by this policy.

53.   Instinet executives argued that their business would be jeopardized by the loss of trading anonymity, which they said could compromise dealer trading strategies.

54.   Industry executives argue that relaxed federal controls will lead to lower prices, just as it has with airline deregulation.

55.   Last year its executives argued that they were standing forthrightly for the principle of general, broad-based entertainment, and damn the demographics.

56.   Levin and auto executives have argued that the regulatory agency is better equipped than Congress to research fuel economy.

57.   Lufthansa executives argued that the government needed to surrender control of the airline so it could better compete in a deregulated European airline market.

58.   LVMH executives argue that their offer is the only one that gives ordinary shareholders a fair price.

59.   Most important, executives argue, are the tariff cuts will allow them to sell more to China.

60.   New York Life executives argued that the partnerships failed to perform as expected because of overly optimistic forecasts for growth in the oil and gas industry.