11.   Alan Johnson, an executive pay expert in New York, however, said the decision meant that more companies would allow simple deferral when options are exercised.

12.   Burbank officials said the decision means the airport must now show that its expansion and growth plans will not exceed the cap.

13.   Custody decisions may mean that a grandparent is seldom even discussed.

14.   Each decision means weighing how materials are made, how far they must be shipped and their degree of recycability and durability.

15.   For Burbank and Glendale, those decisions have meant their days as the economic promised land are over, at least for the moment.

16.   For the people who took the legal action, that decision meant far more than money.

17.   For consumers and business, the decision should mean slightly lower costs for borrowing.

18.   He added that the decision meant the end of searches and harassment of Catholics by soldiers.

19.   He has to repair relations with Gov.-elect George Pataki, whose political decisions will mean so much to the city.

20.   Her decision means that Eric Holder Jr., the U.S. attorney here, will continue to investigate the possibility that Magaziner committed perjury.