51.   Scores of companies now buy and resell long-distance service, or act as sales agents for the big long-distance carriers.

52.   Sales agents sign up clients at food stamp offices and by door-to-door solicitations in poor neighborhoods and housing projects.

53.   So far, the networks of sales agents at both insurers have been little touched by the merger turmoil, though their day will come.

54.   Susana Wang, a City Lights sales agent, was recently speaking to a potential buyer in Mandarin, one of the five Chinese languages she speaks fluently.

55.   That means companies like Metlife need better trained sales agents who can sell more sophisticated products, not just the usual products sold in the past.

56.   The acquisition gives Aegon a stronger presence in Canada and a thick network of Transamerica sales agents focusing on wealthy clients.

57.   The allegations have led Prudential and other insurance companies to change the way they sell insurance and examine ways to phase out commissioned sales agents.

58.   The brokers and their sales agents say that tough boards are seen across the city.

59.   The company has responded by hiring more sales agents.

60.   The fund is overseeing the sale, with Salomon Brothers Inc. and Bancaracas Mercados de Capitales SA serving as sales agents.