61.   But auto industry executives have been saying for over a month that Dagenham is likely to be closed when the review is finished.

62.   But he alienated many of the constituencies that a top auto executive must massage.

63.   But his close ties to environmentalists and his periodic calls for the auto industry to pay closer attention to environmental issues have alarmed some auto executives.

64.   But Japanese auto executives are suspect.

65.   But one auto executive said he did not feel this new initiative was vulnerable to litigation.

66.   But the company says that is because it is trying to keep quality high, and some other auto executives have greeted the new designs with respect.

67.   But two Western auto executives familiar with the project said it was scheduled to be announced in Detroit in the next week.

68.   Concern about interest rates, a volatile stock market and other factors have made would-be car buyers cautious, some auto industry executives say.

69.   Costs have soared for new, so-called life-style drugs, notably Viagra, an impotence medicine, auto executives said.

70.   Eaton and other auto executives might have to sacrifice a lot of bodies if they start firing employees for ogling women at topless bars, though.