21.   Most teams with a surplus of pitching want their trading partner to take a big salary off their hands, or they want several young prospects.

22.   Randy Steele, editor of Boating Magazine, said the partners were taking the right approach to turning Chris-Craft around.

23.   Retiring partners can take their capital out over a period of time, generally three to five years.

24.   She cites one instance when a partner in a law firm took a new assistant to Philadelphia for a meeting on a case.

25.   She tells of a law firm in which two partners took an important client to dinner and a Sonics game.

26.   Some firms, hoping to keep costs down and talent rosters up, are allowing some partners to take reduced earnings in exchange for reduced workloads.

27.   The chairman of Dallas-based Coda Energy Inc. also knew he needed a partner to take advantage of those opportunities.

28.   The company is looking for an investment partner to take a minority stake.

29.   The company will let its project partners take over management of certain properties.

30.   The greatest antidote is when partners take responsibility for their personal issues.