41.   A leading carrier, Delta Air Lines, has denied it is considering giving discounts to big corporations in return for eliminating frequent flier miles.

42.   A variety of other big corporations are investing in their own soaring stock, including Microsoft Corp., Chase Manhattan Corp. and Pfizer Inc.

43.   According to William Sahlman, another Harvard Business School professor, the old economy depended heavily on big corporations for the development of new products.

44.   Additionally, big corporation like International Business Machines Corp. continue to report robust profits.

45.   After the retrenchment by big corporations, one new collection seems particularly intrepid.

46.   Alcorn said he has watched the NAACP sell out for years to big corporations that contribute money to the organization.

47.   Both sides have shown a vitriolic willingness to accuse the other of selling out to big corporations.

48.   Bush has said he would veto it, but the president may find himself under unexpected pressure from farm-state Republicans and some big corporations.

49.   But at least one local organization stepped in to replace the big corporations as a sponsor of one of the cars.

50.   But big corporations showed little interest in building new manufacturing plants in neighborhoods with high crime and low education, and large investors stayed away.