81.   The suit, Hammers vs. United States Tobacco, et al, had named several other tobacco makers and industry trade associations as defendants, the company said.

82.   The survey was made by the American Sportfishing Association, a nonprofit industry association, with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

83.   The survey follows several indications from industry associations that Argentina has started to pull out of its yearlong recession.

84.   The Tobacco Institute, the industry trade association and lobbying arm in Washington, also offered no comment.

85.   The U.S. Justice Department is investigating First Alliance, and the company has withdrawn from an industry trade association because of negative publicity.

86.   The Vinyl Institute, an industry association, and a PVC pipe industry group have taken steps this year related to the vinyl chloride problem.

87.   Then officials will meet again to decide if the bond market will be open on Friday, according to the Bond Market Association, which is the industry association.

88.   They are poor cousins to the chicken and turkey farmers who dominate the poultry industry associations.

89.   Tim Hammonds, president of the Food Marketing Institute, an industry trade association, agreed.

90.   Thomas Lauria, a spokesman for the Tobacco Institute, the industry trade association, said companies had avoided World Wide Web sites out of concern over the reaction.