1.   And many media company executives worry about the concentration of buying power in the hands of so few advertising companies.

2.   And in Massachusetts the Department of Public Utilities has ordered utilities to draft plans that would allow all customers to buy power directly from other suppliers.

3.   Are mergers the answer as many states prepare to give customers a choice in buying power and open their utilities to outside competitors?

4.   As working-class families acquired more consumer goods, the distinctions between classes came to depend more on taste than on buying power.

5.   As utilities bought more power from the independents, they generated less from their own older, dirtier plants.

6.   As markets are opened wider, however, smaller customers will be able to buy cheaper power.

7.   As usual, money buys power, which means shorter battery life.

8.   At that time the commission favored allowing customers to buy their power directly from other utilities or independent power producers.

9.   At the same time, customers could elect to buy power instead from another supplier, as telephone customers can now choose long-distance service providers.

10.   Besides having youthful passions, the young clothing shoppers also have buying power.