31.   Neither company immediately returned phone calls.

32.   Neither company returned calls for comment.

33.   Neither company returned phone calls seeking comment.

34.   Nissan officials said the company had also returned to the black on a consolidated basis.

35.   Only Lucent and Nortel have announced searches for new chief executives, and the other companies did not return telephone calls asking what roles they hoped to fill.

36.   Other large securities companies did not return calls for comment.

37.   Other companies did not return calls placed late in the day.

38.   Phone companies must also return unused prefixes to the PUC for reassignment.

39.   Some firefighters suggest that it might prevent deaths if the ladder companies returned to having five firefighters, not four, on each pumping crew.

40.   Students can pick and choose because companies are returning to campus in greater numbers.