1.   But Schlein, the Salomon Smith Barney spokesman, said his company had not pressured Aramark.

2.   He said big oil companies had pressured lenders, hoping to keep a tight lock on the market by blocking independent competitors.

3.   However, with managed care companies pressuring pharmaceutical companies to contain prices, drug prices have been rising below the rate of inflation this year.

4.   In past licensing negotiations the company has improperly pressured computer manufacturers to drop deals favoring competitors of Microsoft.

5.   More than a dozen company employees contacted by The Chronicle in recent weeks said the company pressured them to deny requests for fee reversals.

6.   Now those companies are pressuring Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, which administers the program, to cut the subsidies.

7.   Susan Woodward told Shea that EF officials discussed a separate contract with her and her husband, and that the company pressured them to sign it.

8.   The ad, which drew loud complaints from health maintenance organizations, implied that managed care companies would pressure people to end their lives in order to save money.

9.   They are being pressured by companies eager to withdraw money from pension funds that are overfunded.

10.   When U.S. pharmaceutical companies pressured Zoellick to stop African nations from buying generic knockoffs of popular AIDS drugs, he stood firm.