1.   As they furiously wielded their pens, club executives exercised salary restraint that was unheard of even in the days of collusion.

2.   A high stock price would allow the executives to exercise their options and reap enormous windfalls.

3.   A spokesman for the maker of automotive seats and other interior parts said the executives were exercising options that were awarded as compensation and were about to expire.

4.   All the executives exercised stock options.

5.   Chanos and others believe the positive comments help many companies keep their stocks high so executives can exercise options or simply sell their stock outright.

6.   However, she does say the executive exercised options to buy the shares.

7.   If an executive exercised the options himself and gave the stock to his children at his death or before, substantially higher taxes could be due.

8.   In each case, some executives exercised their options to sell shares just before the stocks plummeted in value, leaving many other shareholders with staggering losses.

9.   In recent weeks, six Enron executives have exercised their Fifth Amendment rights and refused to answer questions.

10.   ING and Dillon Read announced last night that talks had broken off and that Dillon Read executives would be exercising their option to buy back the shares.