31.   As a representative of the Rothschilds in the United States, the company eventually became active as an investment manager and merchant banker.

32.   As a result, the company is becoming more dependent on improved versions of tried and true drugs.

33.   As big as the company has become, its owners think the biggest burst of growth is yet to come.

34.   Aside from conducting clinical trials, the company has become a leading industry provider of sales support and marketing information.

35.   As labor shortages threaten rapid growth, companies are becoming more likely to forgo thorough background checks so as to speed up hiring.

36.   As other companies became wary of doing business with it and additional financing withered, Enron apparently had little choice but to find a buyer.

37.   As the company became a greater part of its new community, it wanted to introduce the sport that Turrialba is supporting.

38.   At least one old-line manufacturing company has become the global market leader by taking the opposite tack and investing in its workers.

39.   At the end of the two-year deal, the companies could become full-fledged competitors.

40.   At the same time, however, Cohen said issues like this begin to arise when a company becomes so dominant in individual markets.