1.   Company executives are taking heart from the success of recent sales.

2.   Company executives grumble that analysts are obsessed with short-term performance at the expense of long-term growth and profitability.

3.   Few other company executives were in the running, not even the cigar-chomping Lee Iacocca of Chrysler.

4.   He earns a huge amount of money as a senior company executive.

5.   He meets with company executives, attends trade shows, and talks with large investors such as pension funds.

6.   Top company executives say they are well aware of the tendency of big companies to become more bureaucratic.

7.   Company executives sometimes come to the office to check on employees.

8.   Several company executives were accused of accepting kickbacks.

9.   The new measures will mean that oil spillages or leakage of other hazardous materials will be punishable with stiff fines or the imprisonment of company executives.

10.   Company executives are expected to make their decision known by the end of the week.