21.   Lockheed Martin turned to its subcontractor, a company called Tailwind, to select a company to transport the plane, Davis said.

22.   Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Davis, a spokesman for the Defense Department, said the Navy allowed defense contractor Lockheed Martin to select a company for transporting the plane.

23.   Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said the Navy allowed defense contractor Lockheed Martin to select a company for transporting the plane.

24.   The companies were selected because they are strategic investors with the technology, management and experience needed to revitalize the sugar factory, the statement said.

25.   These five companies were selected by Sime Tyres through applications made three months ago.

26.   China is to select bigger and better companies for foreign listing this year after judging previous overseas floats a success, newspapers reported said Friday.

27.   Yonhap News Agency said however that the green light would be given only to select companies which have already obtained permission to invest in the communist North.

28.   The companies were selected after they contested an open tender and two British telecommunication experts certified their technological capacity, the officials said.

29.   The Israeli company was selected for its price and its ability to finish the project in good time, Ecevit said as he left a defense industry meeting.