51.   Other dialysis companies have adopted similar compensation arrangements over the years, and these have harmed the industry, some medical experts contend.

52.   One of the goals for Pets.com is to try to get other companies to adopt pets-allowed policies.

53.   Other online companies have also adopted the channel motif, including America Online, Pointcast and thousands of smaller providers of information and entertainment.

54.   Plus, many companies have adopted codes of ethics and have toned down their official rhetoric.

55.   Q. Some argue that large companies have adopted many of the mannerisms of small ones, enhancing their ability to outperform.

56.   Retail companies generally adopt the technology to save money.

57.   Salwen said he expected many companies to adopt this approach, which is more palatable to institutional investors than a straight repricing.

58.   She called it Citigroup, and challenged Travelers and Citicorp when those merging companies adopted the same name.

59.   Since June, the company has adopted a much lower profile.

60.   Since the deregulation, companies have adopted various strategies to position themselves in the Mexican market.