51.   American companies have been in the forefront in exploring the Indian market, outstripping companies from Western Europe and Japan.

52.   An accord would safeguard the companies from legal claims.

53.   Among those scheduled to testify is San Francisco Supervisor Michael Yaki, who has proposed an ordinance forbidding oil companies from owning and operating gas stations in the city.

54.   An overall rise in interest rates might dampen the recovery by discouraging companies from borrowing and increasing debt burdens.

55.   And even the best ads have not kept smaller companies from disappearing as the industry has relentlessly consolidated.

56.   Analysts now expect defense companies from other European companies to pursue their own European and national alliances.

57.   Analysts now expect defense companies from other European countries to pursue their own European and international alliances.

58.   And at companies from Continental Airlines to Rochester Telephone, workers are telling unions that pension benefits are almost as important to them as wages.

59.   And it would bar insurance companies from refusing coverage because genetic data had been withheld.

60.   And he said there were no significant barriers preventing other companies from selling operating systems that competed with Windows.