1.   Leading high-technology corporations say they are actively recruiting otaku types because they are in the vanguard of personal computing and software design.

2.   The corporation also said it would consult with the local residents about the operation and regretted not having approached them before the work began.

3.   Because the structure of the fund had not yet been determined, corporations said they were reluctant to come forward with donations, the officials said.

4.   But some corporations say environmental groups have gone overboard with expensive, prolonged lawsuits that involve minor or already corrected violations.

5.   Corporations nationwide said they also expect to see a pickup in business.

6.   In a statement, the corporation said Safeway would have serious difficulty determining what constitutes an altered product, and labeling would place the products at a competitive disadvantage.

7.   Investors paid scant attention early last month when the Bell Atlantic and Nynex corporations said they had completed a merger of their cellular-telephone properties.

8.   Investors may have played down the economic resurgence partly because the report is at odds with what corporations have been saying in recent weeks.

9.   Now, corporations say they deserve a break from some of the toxic chemical reports that are so often used against them.

10.   Participating corporations say they keep the business cards of the people they meet at Expo for when new contracts open up.