71.   In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch said the merger makes sense in an era of declining defense spending.

72.   Kathleen Flake, assistant professor of American Religious History at Vanderbilt University, said the merger will make the denominations stronger.

73.   Kathleen Flake, assistant professor of American religious history at Vanderbilt University, said the merger will make the denomination stronger.

74.   Many analysts believe a merger would make sense.

75.   Mergers would make timber companies more competitive in the global market, he added.

76.   Mergers make it easier for the companies to carry out the research and development needed to keep stay ahead as technology and health care changes.

77.   Mergers make it easier for the companies to carry out the research and development that is necessary to stay ahead as as technology and health care changes.

78.   Shareholder Roger Haugo of South Dakota, said the merger makes sense with gold prices so depressed.

79.   The Canadian Federation of Independent Business believes the mergers will make it even harder for small firms to get loans and will raise their fees.

80.   The merger would make the new utility, to be named Endesa Iberdrola, one of the largest in Europe and Latin America.