71.   Industry specialists had generally expected the company to choose an insider, but noted that Cruikshank has been searching for roughly a year.

72.   It is also not a coincidence that two major ballet companies have chosen to call themselves American Ballet Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem.

73.   It is unclear how soon the company will choose a new chairman.

74.   Ivester, who the company said chose Daft as his successor, may be leaving after weathering some of the worst problems abroad.

75.   Kramer said that one reason his company had chosen to distribute the StockTopics.com e-mail promotion was that the Times Co. had accepted e-mail ads from the same company.

76.   Last week, the company chose Dr. John Rowe, chief executive of Mount Sinai NYU Medical Center and Health System, to run Aetna.

77.   Lawless said the company chose not to disclose the probe until Burns Philp spoke about the investigation in a conference call this week.

78.   Many big companies chose to reduce their ranks through voluntary buyouts rather than forced layoffs.

79.   Many managed-care companies are now choosing to risk losing a contract rather than holding premiums relatively steady as their own costs escalate.

80.   Mason said the company had chosen the site in St. James Parish because it was near the Mississippi River, rail lines and gas pipelines.