21.   But the in-fighting between the two executives also offers lessons that should be of interest to any successful start-up.

22.   But there is a much more plausible reason why the two executives delivered commencement speeches at the Southampton branch of Long Island University two weeks ago.

23.   But with the telecommunications bill still pending in Congress, the two executives opted to shelve the negotiations temporarily.

24.   But U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who presided over the antitrust trial, did not believe the two executives.

25.   Calls seeking comment from the two executives were not returned.

26.   Catacosinos said the payments were benefits that he and the other executives were legally entitled to under their contracts.

27.   Continental declined to make public how much the two executives had made so far this year.

28.   Columbia itself is a target of the investigation, raising the possibility that its defense might conflict with that of the three executives.

29.   Despite newspaper and magazine reports that have suggested there are tensions between Pepper and Jager, Pepper said that the two executives could work together effectively.

30.   Even by Hollywood standards, the two executives are enormously wealthy.