11.   Even before he took over, eyebrows were raised when corporations began sponsoring exhibits.

12.   Giant corporations were beginning to depersonalize working relationships, pressing children into work in mines, mills and factories at cheap wages, squeezing out small businesses.

13.   If that were the case, I think more American corporations would suddenly begin lobbying for immigration control.

14.   In contrast, many corporations began hiring African-Americans because the government made them do it.

15.   Multinational corporations have already begun signaling their willingness to pump more money into China after it joins.

16.   Of late, however, corporations have begun to admit publicly the impact of trade policy on their decisions.

17.   Soon enough, the corporations began pushing out elected officials, though they typically kept a few around for ceremonial purposes.

18.   That happened largely because bankrupt corporations began hiring more expensive lawyers and their cases started raising complicated issues like pension rights and environmental liability.

19.   That investment, and much bigger ones, paid off handsomely as large corporations began buying up Hollywood studios.

20.   The movement started at the top, when corporations began competing to see which could overcompensate its executives most lavishly.