41.   The fact that the shares have not done as well as expected underscores how carefully Wall Street approaches apparel companies.

42.   The organizers of benefits who approach companies for gift-bag donations expect more than mere samples.

43.   The standard sokaiya scam involves first approaching the companies before the meetings with sensitive information and asking for money to keep quiet.

44.   The trouble began earlier in the year when individuals approached the company asking for direct supplies of the toy, bypassing the expensive and many-layered distribution system.

45.   They may feel embarrassed and may be unsure how to approach the company.

46.   Typically, they approach a company against which they have been gathering complaints and seek a voluntary resolution that would apply in all of their states.

47.   With this ad hoc network in place, he approached cable companies looking to make pay-per-view deals where closed circuit was weak.

48.   Yanor said he had approached phone companies in Canada and the United States with his idea, but they were less than enthusiastic.

49.   Anant noted that over the past few months the company had been approached by a number of investors, specifically foreigners.

50.   EMI is currently under an exclusivity agreement with Time Warner that prevents the British company from approaching other companies with merger proposals.