1.   Newsweek has been credited for every reprint of tape transcripts, and its reporters and editors have appeared on several news programs.

2.   Only one of the three executives who are quoted in the tape transcripts is still with Texaco.

3.   Release of tape transcripts led to national protests that helped force Texaco to settle the suit, which alleged the oil company denied promotions to black employees.

4.   Still, Williams and Hill said questions have been raised by tape transcripts that were quoted by the Los Angeles Times.

5.   The tape transcripts indicate the executive made the offer to destroy the documents.

6.   The thousands of pages of memoranda, tape transcripts, trial records and other documents are barely organized.

7.   The entire tape transcripts have not been released.