41.   Human rights groups say accountants would be beholden to the companies, which pay them millions of dollars in fees every year.

42.   If the state loses in court, officials conceded, it could end up paying millions of dollars in damages to VitaPro for the canceled contract.

43.   In Lima, the Japanese pushed for a peaceful solution, and there were widespread reports that they were prepared to pay millions of dollars in ransom.

44.   In addition, many of the partnerships were actually operated by some top Enron executives, who were paid millions of dollars in fees.

45.   It has already paid millions of dollars in damages.

46.   Major consumer brands can pay millions for prime screen real estate, but tech firms pay mostly in free products and technical consulting.

47.   Microsoft ultimately won by offering to pay KPMG millions of dollars if the firm would use its product.

48.   Now it is in the hands of William H. Gates, the software billionaire, who paid undisclosed millions of dollars to add it to his collection of images.

49.   Not only had it paid millions in illegal rebates to shippers, which was bad enough, but it had treated those payments as an asset.

50.   Philadelphia has already paid millions to rebuild Osage Avenue and to settle lawsuits.