1.   Analysts say Mannesmann paid a huge premium for Orange, and unhappy investors pushed down Mannesmann shares after Esser announced the deal last month.

2.   And Worldcom is paying a huge premium for MCI.

3.   As a result, those most likely to need health care are excluded or face huge premiums.

4.   All that is unresolved is how long investors are willing to accept huge premiums and indulgent accounting.

5.   Businesses facing huge premium increases could try to recover those costs by raising prices on everything from restaurant meals to apartment rents, insurance industry observers said.

6.   But if you shop carefully, you can get all this good stuff without paying the huge premiums the latest chips command.

7.   Compared with a big primary, a caucus state requires more individualized campaigns and places a huge premium on the Tuttles and Russells.

8.   Critics charged that the Lycos investors should get far more, especially in light of the huge premiums earned by other Internet companies such as Excite Inc. and GeoCities.

9.   Duffy said the inflated prices may reflect the fact that the companies are catering to underage buyers willing to pay a huge premium.

10.   Financial service deals become more attractive as America relaxes regulations, and Europeans are paying huge premiums for typically second-tier targets.