11.   The company assured school officials that it would do a positive piece, he said, unlike what happened to Odessa.

12.   The company has assured investors that it will not reverse course and reintroduce promotions.

13.   The companies assured that the merger would foster job growth, not cuts.

14.   The companies have assured the state they have no immediate plans to drop patients, Health Department spokeswoman Nanci Gonder said.

15.   The company assured it would meet sales and earnings projections for the year.

16.   The old, paternalistic system, in which companies assured workers they would be taken care of and employees believed them, is dying.

17.   The warning, which came just a week after the company had assured investors that its sales and earnings were on track, shocked investors.

18.   Yesterday, the company assured analysts it is committed to expanding sales and trimming costs further.

19.   Chaudhury said the company assured the senator it was prepared to help the U.S. government ride out any potential shortage of the anti-anthrax drug.

20.   In return for staff cooperation, the company assured them that it will not resort to slashing their salaries to reduce costs.