11.   After a period of resistance, many industry giants appear to be embracing such plans.

12.   But MoistMates, distributed only through eight retail chains in New England, has proved a poor seller and was facing major-league competition from two paper industry giants.

13.   But some officials suggest that the real issue for negotiators should be industry giants like Philip Morris who are the subject of state lawsuits.

14.   But the campaign was a battle of industry giants.

15.   But there is another potent force at work in these deals between industry giants.

16.   But when two industry giants merge, many of the advantages of the deal come from eliminating the overlaps between the two companies.

17.   Decked out in a sport coat and tennis shoes for a speech to UT students, Burson hardly gives the appearance of an multi-millionaire industry giant.

18.   Desh Deshpande and Daniel Smith became stock market heroes when they built Cascade Communications into a telecommunications leader by going toe to toe with industry giants.

19.   Even more significant, several entertainment industry giants, including Universal and Sony, are without television networks that are almost crucial as outlets.

20.   Eilert said wholesalers had to bow to high pressure coming from the St. Louis-based industry giant.