31.  Also Thursday, Royals top executives said one other Kansas City family, which they would not identify, is a fourth candidate to be an owner.

32.  America Online, which is planning a music subscription service, named a former top Bertelsmann music executive, Kevin Conroy, as the head of its music operations.

33.  Also, two top executives have resigned in the last several months.

34.  Although SabreTech the company was found guilty on eight counts of causing the transportation of hazardous materials, no top executives were charged in the crash.

35.  Among the contributors were top executives for entertainment and telecommunications companies, such as Time Warner Inc. and Tele-Communications Inc.

36.  Although top Montgomery executives decline to discuss several of the lagging companies for legal reasons, they defend the firm.

37.  Although the settlement protects the firm from criminal charges, its employees, including top executives, are not immune, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Schindler said.

38.  Amid ugly charges of corruption and mismanagement, the top executives of Empire were displaced.

39.  Among those who resigned are Masahiro Tsuda and Fumio Kitora, two top executives in New York.

40.  Analysts suggested that the muted reaction may indicate that the news was expected, since consolidation seemed inevitable and Instinet had been in talks and without a top executive.