21.   ABC declined to comment on any possible compensation package for the executive.

22.   But as competition for these employees increases, other trappings of Western-style compensation packages are taking hold.

23.   But critics also wonder whether demutualization is an opportunity for executives to provide themselves with bigger compensation packages.

24.   But defenders noted big compensation packages are essential to lure major talent to an ailing business.

25.   But it also was worth more than the compensation packages of Drew and predecessor Franklin White.

26.   But the divisions run deeper than dress codes and compensation packages.

27.   But the trend toward increasing stock grants as part of the total compensation package for outside directors is forecast to continue, according to Towers Perrin.

28.   But Waltrip left Johnson for a more lucrative compensation package with Rick Hendrick.

29.   Charles K. Gifford, head of BankBoston Corp., has wrangled a rich compensation package out of his future employer, Fleet Financial Group Inc.

30.   Century Zinc Ltd. said it signed a compensation package with Aborigines, clearing the way for the development of the mine.