51.   Suddenly, however, the other studio dropped its plans, and Coppola was able to acquire the rights.

52.   Sun would acquire the rights to Netscape business software used to set up and run Web sites.

53.   That in turn would give the combined company even more leverage in acquiring rights to music, videos and online information services.

54.   That summer, U.S. rights were acquired by up-and-coming Toronto-based distributor Cinepix.

55.   The broadcast rights had been acquired by the Brazilian sports marketing and television production company Traffic Esportivo, which, predictably, had difficulty selling the event to sponsors.

56.   The campaign was largely engineered by the Italian publisher Arnaldo Mondadori Editore, which acquired worldwide rights to the book in June.

57.   The co-chairmen of Miramax said they would acquire rights to the film and seek to sell it to another distributor.

58.   The company says it acquired the rights legally through an intermediary.

59.   The Hawks acquired his rights via trade.

60.   The imbroglio began when ESPN acquired the rights to Sunday night National Football League games last year.