1.   As oil prices languish at the lowest levels in more than a decade, contractors are taking rigs out of service as rents slide.

2.   A second major concern, shared by Enron and the other potential bidders, was that the Army wanted its contractor to take ownership of the generating plants.

3.   But Niezgodzki said property owners and contractors took advantage of the lack of safeguards to obtain the very favorable loans for buildings that had little or no damage.

4.   First, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson required federal contractors to take affirmative steps in minority hiring.

5.   On weekdays, day laborers wait outside for contractors to take them to construction sites.

6.   Some contractors do take short cuts.

7.   Some contractors routinely take on long-term assignments, Kahnweiler says.

8.   Some military contractors take a more traditionalist view as well.

9.   They complain about the growing numbers of outside contractors taking over formerly unionized tasks.

10.   While close in location, the contractors took very different approaches to meeting the program requirements.