71.   Its agents started obtaining generic contracts from LawVantage.com, a site offering a library of documents, to use as frameworks.

72.   Jayhawk, however, strayed from the strategy, offering to buy longer-term installment contracts from car dealers and paying higher advance rates.

73.   Just over four years ago it wrested away a contract from a Taiwanese company to build and assemble the steel chassis for one line of Compaq computers.

74.   Last year the company won contracts from Pizza Hut, Timberland, and The Famous Grouse whisky.

75.   Legislators passed laws that are expected to make it more difficult for minority-owned businesses to qualify for contracts from state agencies.

76.   Last month, the U.S. Air Force threatened to pull its contracts from Microsoft over security worries.

77.   Last week Ciena said it had received a three-year exclusive contract from Telemonde Ltd. a London-based wholesaler of data and communications services.

78.   Last year he politely turned down a large contract from the Nets, maybe because he knew there is no magic in that gym.

79.   Lowenthal runs a small Internet company based in Morocco that has an unusual contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

80.   Maxicare Health Plans Inc. said it agreed to buy two Medicaid contracts from closely held health maintenance organization Molina Medical Centers.