81.   AOL is expected to make a decision by the end of the year.

82.   Apple also justified the decision by noting that floppy discs traditionally have been used to back up files and to transfer work between computers.

83.   Another factor delaying Witt is that many teams are still waiting on decision by Darryl Kile and Wilson Alvarez, the two top free-agent pitchers.

84.   Any decision by Judge Jackson is almost sure to be appealed, ensuring at least two more years in court.

85.   Appeals from decisions by the Supreme Court not to review lower court rulings are rarely successful.

86.   Appeals of lower court decisions by peripheral figures, however, keep the case alive, and Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz has yet to release his final report.

87.   As an example, Bush cited the recent decision by National Semiconductor Corp. to build a plant in Maine instead of Arlington.

88.   As he had in Seattle, Greenspan welcomed the decision by companies to cut production to reduce inventories.

89.   As companies get bigger, markets become global and technology changes ever more rapidly, billions in profits can turn on a single decision by the senior manager.

90.   Assistant general manager Bob Ackles said Tuesday evening that the Cardinals are in the running for Harper and that he expects a decision by Wednesday night.