11.   As for Lewis, he remains a Verizon DSL customer because he has found no better offer, he said.

12.   As union members manned picket lines throughout the region Thursday, they pledged to stay off the job as long as necessary to win a better contract offer.

13.   Baxter said it will hold a conference call this morning to persuade Wall Street that it has the better offer.

14.   Before a contract could be signed, he got a better offer, which he rejected because he had already shaken hands on the deal.

15.   Both companies reserved the right to sell their stakes to another bidder if a better offer is made.

16.   But Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash made one more phone call and got a better offer from the Yankees.

17.   But he said he rallied behind Hill on that issue when it became clear that no better offer would be forthcoming from the Giuliani administration.

18.   But Houston came up with a better offer.

19.   But last year, Pauze pulled out of the deal after getting a better offer from a competing company.

20.   But President Vladimir Putin made him a better offer.