81.   Under SEC rules, shareholders can only recommend that the company adopt their proposals.

82.   Under the additional points, the company would adopt stronger guidelines on any future transactions with doctors, to ensure that they avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest.

83.   Union Pacific Resources said that in the proposed merger the corporate headquarters would remain in Fort Worth, but the company would probably adopt the Pennzoil name.

84.   When Icahn started buying Visx stock, the company adopted a so-called poison-pill strategy to forestall a takeover.

85.   When downsizing is unavoidable, he says, companies must adopt policies that smooth the transition, beginning with a humane approach to letting people go.

86.   When a company adopts an aggressive growth strategy, all it takes is one or two hiccups to fall short of that goal, he said.

87.   While many large companies have adopted direct stock purchase plans, GE added a one-time fee for the service, giving it a new source of revenue.

88.   When the company adopted the patriotic symbol of a harp, it seemed more fitting than impertinent.

89.   White said the company has not adopted such a policy yet.

90.   Winning, who has written behavioral guidelines and rules of conduct for dot-coms and high-technology companies, wishes that more young companies would adopt written employment policies.