21.   Nieman said his company had studied the Chicago office market five years ago and believed that an improving economy would also generate a need for additional new office space.

22.   Perik said his company had been studying the educational market for some time.

23.   Rapid screening and testing technologies allow companies to study thousands of genes at once, helping to advance the understanding of the diseases and drug development.

24.   Savage said that the company was carefully studying the economies in the region to try to anticipate just which way they would move before aggressively expanding in the East.

25.   Schwab said his company is studying its legal options.

26.   She cautioned, however, that the Atlanta-based company had not studied the ruling.

27.   Six months later, no sale has been announced, though Foster Rudnay said the company is still studying its options.

28.   Spokesmen for National Steel Corp. and Inland Steel Industries Inc. said their companies were studying the price increases.

29.   Southern spokesman David Mould said the company was studying the opinion but intends to pursue the purchase.

30.   Spokesmen for Bethlehem Steel, the second-largest producer, Inland Steel and National Steel Corp. said their companies are studying price increases.