11.   Groups like farmers, steelworkers and textile makers are already howling about unfair competition from abroad, and making their influence felt in Washington.

12.   In an interview Friday, Williams said he envisions Pillowtex emerging from bankruptcy protection as a leaner, more focused textile maker that is once again profitable.

13.   Last summer, Melk Lehner resigned as chief executive of Saurer AG, an ailing Swiss textile machinery maker.

14.   Meanwhile, analysts have trimmed second-quarter earnings estimates for WestPoint Stevens and other textile makers.

15.   Meanwhile, the small nations contend, the West continues to protect its own farmers and textile makers from cheap imports.

16.   Or visit Malden Mills, a textile maker in Lawrence, Mass., whose best-known brand is Polartec.

17.   Other companies that have heavy export sales, such as chemical and textile maker Cydsa SA and industrial group Alfa SA, fell.

18.   Overlooked amid the merger waves are higher share prices for pharmaceutical companies and chemical makers in Switzerland, automobiles in France and even textile makers in Austria.

19.   Other stock recommendations could be divined from the ads, including textiles maker Sakai Ovex and Fuso Pharmaceutical Ind., traders said.

20.   Other textile makers also fell.