71.   The chief executive officer of the Washington-based Black Entertainment Television thought the young Arkansas Democrat would fight for minority business interests.

72.   The company owns minority interests in four Internet businesses, including PC Flowers and Gifts, and Roxy Systems Inc., which markets entertainment services.

73.   The company hopes that with the sale of part of its mortgage portfolio it will entice a foreign company to buy a minority interest in the financial institution.

74.   The company is known for its unusual strategy of forming companies around technologies it develops and selling a minority interest in them to the public.

75.   The creditors keep a minority interest.

76.   The figures are before payments to minority interests.

77.   The French may sell a minority interest in France Telecom to investors, but employees will remain civil servants.

78.   The increase in share capital will help Club Mediterranee finance the acquisition of the minority interest in its U.S. unit, Club Med Inc.

79.   The loan is convertible into a minority interest in Progressive.

80.   The money that Walsh had made from building homes in North Andover enabled him to buy a minority interest.