21.   The news surprised some antitrust attorneys and industry watchers, who assumed the FTC would conduct the review since it has more experience in that area.

22.   The plan likely will be reviewed by state and federal antitrust authorities, especially since it involves the two largest cable operators, antitrust attorneys said.

23.   The story quoted an antitrust attorney as saying that any pressure brought by cosmetics companies on Broadway to scrap Club West could violate antitrust laws.

24.   Two antitrust attorneys watching the case agree that the stakes are high.

25.   When the Justice Department and Microsoft Corp. finish pretrial sparring and face-off in court, antitrust attorneys in San Francisco will argue the government case against the software colossus.

26.   The settlement, forged last year, followed a long, bruising antitrust battle between Microsoft and US antitrust attorneys.