81.   A group of senior executives at the companies involved were responsible for negotiating the broad terms of the scheme.

82.   A former senior executive at BankBoston, who now works across town at another bank, said Gifford made an honest effort to involve employees in the decision-making process.

83.   A senior executive at NBC said the network had decided not to try to retain Rivera.

84.   A senior G.M. executive in Shanghai said he was not authorized to comment on the decision.

85.   A senior Microsoft executive said Tuesday night that to the best of his knowledge, Microsoft was not invited to join the group.

86.   A spokesman for Mattel said neither Ms. Barad nor the company would comment on her compensation or that of any of other senior executives.

87.   A newly created automotive management committee will be headed by Schrempp and four other longtime senior Daimler executives from Stuttgart.

88.   A senior executive at Hain denied that the company was part of the investor group.

89.   A senior executive of one foreign bank said his bank planned to roll over a high percentage of its loans because it is committed to serving the Korean market.

90.   A senior executive with the FBI, whom Roberts would not name, demanded that he discontinue the Ruby Ridge investigation and return to his work in Boston.