31.   Government spokeswoman Rosalba Paulin said Tabasco received the concessions because no other companies expressed an interest in the facilities.

32.   He also said four or five hotel companies have expressed an interest in the chain.

33.   Hirsch said a production company has expressed interest in turning his book into a film and is looking for a TV network for such a venture.

34.   Horn said some telephone companies had also expressed interest.

35.   Lee confirmed that his company had expressed interest in Fokker through the Dutch embassy in Seoul last week.

36.   Many area companies express a variation on that theme.

37.   Matarazzo said a number of national and international companies have expressed interest in Cesp.

38.   Merrill Lynch officials refused to discuss their operations at the center, but other sources said the company had not expressed concern until long after the project was announced.

39.   No company makes it, nor has any company expressed an interest in doing so.

40.   Nor has the Canadian company expressed interest in buying Fokker or any of its assets, according to Linda Coates, a Montreal-based spokeswoman.