61.   An executive said Sunday, however, that the program would not return.

62.   An executive said suppliers of Nintendo games had voiced fears they would lose out on games they will sell for older Nintendo machines.

63.   An Imagine executive said that Ms. Weston had been informed several weeks ago that her writing contract on the show would not be extended.

64.   An MCA executive said that in one of the failed attempts to bring the companies together something called the Vision Committee was created.

65.   An NBC executive said the news division had assumed for a while that Brokaw had a standing offer from CNN.

66.   An Oracle executive said the company knew nothing about that incident other than what had been reported in the press.

67.   Analogic executives say they have succession problems because the company was built around Gordon, who could manage both business strategy and dense technology.

68.   An AP executive said then that internal investigations had found that none of its staffers had been involved with the CIA.

69.   And executives at Interscope said that Sony Music, Polygram, and EMI all had gangsta rap artists on their rosters.

70.   Analysts say bank executives privately say that figure is conservative.