71.   Both companies also agreed to reimburse the state for expenses related to the review.

72.   Bush said the company also agreed to have four workers designated as current hires rather than new hires, making them eligible for more profit-sharing money.

73.   But an Enron official said the company has agreed to work with the committee.

74.   But another factor was that the two companies could not agree on the value of the cable systems owned by the venture.

75.   But after years of pressure from consumer groups and the government, the reporting companies finally agreed last month to open their doors and let consumers view their scores.

76.   But just to be sure, the company agreed to take another look.

77.   But Microsoft lawyers made clear when Jackson proposed his fast-track timetable in April that the company could not agree until it had seen the government plan.

78.   But Maroney said that the company had agreed to cooperate with investigators and had taken steps to insure that similar violations do not happen again.

79.   But the company agreed to a settlement, and will soon take over the site.

80.   But the companies agreed to a number of licensing and collaborative agreements, an approach that analysts found preferable.