1.   Being a referring doctor to Columbia was particularly lucrative, the lawsuits contend.

2.   Both lawsuits contend that Mitsubishi has allowed offensive incidents to go unpunished, fostering an atmosphere conducive to harassment.

3.   After all, the lawsuit contends, he had very little to distribute.

4.   But, the lawsuit contends, the trustees began to make increasingly risky investments.

5.   His lawsuit contends that federal agents fired gunshots from behind the compound.

6.   However, the lawsuit contended, workers leaving early would never get the full pensions they would have received eventually if they had stayed.

7.   --In Connecticut, a new lawsuit contends that the state has not done enough to meet its obligations in education.

8.   Kaufman also took at least one Dow document, the lawsuit contended.

9.   Many of those kept from voting because of that information were African-American, the lawsuit contends.

10.   One class-action lawsuit contends that the accident crippled businesses on surrounding blocks during the make-or-break Christmas season, said Kenneth Ashman, a lawyer for the merchants.