1.   Although many European consumers appear to be troubled by genetically modified foods, U.S. companies say American consumers are not alarmed.

2.   And European consumers will benefit from a price war that will keep a lid on prices for at least several years.

3.   And some European consumer businesses may be on the block.

4.   And neither European consumers nor corporations have the same lust for foreign imported goods that helped pull Asian countries out of crisis two years ago.

5.   As more pharmaceutical companies raced to develop genetically improved crops, many European consumers were becoming increasingly concerned about crops with altered DNA.

6.   At the moment, though, more than half the usage by European consumers appears to be targeted at American sites.

7.   Brown said that European consumers were also attracted to stations that sell more than gasoline, creating pressure to upgrade stations.

8.   But European consumers are likely to cut back sharply as well, especially if slowing economic growth pushes unemployment up.

9.   Coca-Cola, meanwhile, is beginning a mea culpa advertising campaign to try to win back the confidence of European consumers.

10.   Commissioner Fischler is caught in a political squeeze between European consumer preferences and American demands.