81.   While both companies must contend with stiff competitive challenges and the uncertainty that comes with the territory in high technology, right now they are enjoying boom times.

82.   While the company contends this method makes Ram Doubler compatible with Photoshop, the Usenet is replete with messages from users claiming otherwise.

83.   Would RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. face dire legal consequences if it immediately spun off its food business from its tobacco operations, as the company contends?

84.   Yet many companies contend that such a move would be premature, considering that a final ruling by the FDA is still weeks away.

85.   Plywood companies contend that Apkindo set the quotas and distributed them to plywood companies, while the minister simply rubber-stamped them.

86.   But the companies contend that by combining they will be able to more effectively develop new medicines and help hold down business expenses.

87.   Coca-Cola retains the option to protest the task force recommendations in court if the company contends they are not financially or technically feasible.

88.   If long-distance companies pass on the savings, the companies contended, their customers would see lower rates.

89.   In that way, the San Jose-based company contends it is more like a flea market that provides stalls to vendors than a real-life auctioneer.

90.   Individual files on consumer behavior could be matched with identities in a violation of privacy, the company contends.