71.   As if that one-two punch was not sufficient, another top executive who spoke Friday echoed the proposal of Kaess to lift the industry by rethinking its emphasis.

72.   As a result, companies in Germany, Japan and elsewhere often come up short when they compete to lure top executives.

73.   As a result, DaimlerChrysler will no longer be disclosing the compensation of its top executives, he said.

74.   As stock option packages became more lucrative, top executives could make tens or hundreds of millions of dollars after only a year or two of good performance.

75.   As part of his teamwork initiative, Spina recently created an inner circle consisting of him and his top three executives.

76.   As Bell Atlantic and Nynex closed in on their merger, a top Nynex executive abruptly resigned Monday.

77.   As for MediaOne, its top executives say the company is not for sale.

78.   As striking as some of the payoff deals was the clinical way in which top Western executives concluded them.

79.   As the conglomerates grow larger and larger, some argue that it becomes more difficult for top executives to wield influence.

80.   As the newest top executives, each woman has climbed the corporate ladder at Brown Brothers Harriman insisting they have not seen women being denied promotions.