111.  Because they awarded enormous piles of stock options to top executives, boards have enabled them to accumulate vast wealth by selling small portions of their holdings regularly.

112.  Before long, the doubters could no longer cling to the straw hopes that top Enron executives were providing.

113.  Before recently, mass resignations of top executives were almost unheard of in Japan.

114.  Bell displayed a small-scale model of a civilian tilt-rotor based on the Osprey and top executives on the program were available to talk about the aircraft.

115.  Bennis said that top executives these days must be experts in corporate finance to excel.

116.  Bertelsmann, too, is facing pressure to either secure a deal or back away after losing several top executives at its BMG Entertainment Group.

117.  Besides putting top executives to work on the changeovers, GM has installed better equipment that permits greater production flexibility.

118.  Bernd Pieschetsrieder, the former chief executive, was fired along with other top executives.

119.  Berrard has been a top executive of Blockbuster throughout its rapid expansion.

120.  Because the economy remains strong, more companies can afford to charter jets, not only for top executives but also for middle-management teams.