41.   Coveted free-agent talents like Mitch Richmond and Samaki Walker spurned more lucrative contracts from other teams this summer just to get the shot at a title here.

42.   Critics have charged that Andersen failed to properly oversee Enron because it was too concerned with securing lucrative consulting contracts with the company.

43.   Dr. Sedutto said the network was close to signing potentially lucrative contracts with two major managed-care companies, which she declined to name while negotiations are pending.

44.   Edmonton wanted to trade Arnott because of his lucrative contract.

45.   Ewing, Jordan and Mourning had cautioned the membership that the agreement would polarize salaries, forcing veterans to play for less while superstars signed lucrative contracts.

46.   For Ferdinand Porsche, who had started his own consulting and design firm, this soon translated into lucrative contracts with the big German manufacturers.

47.   For instance, many bankers, notably in equity underwriting and analysis, were recruited on lucrative contracts with several years of guaranteed salary and bonus.

48.   For campaign contributors, it has been a source of lucrative contracts for work that is frequently badly done.

49.   Gillman also said he negotiated a lucrative contract for Chris Washburn, who also left school after two years.

50.   Had the Rose law firm disclosed its activities to federal regulators, the law firm would probably have been prohibited from lucrative legal contracts with the same federal agencies.