41.  Chu met John Scott, an American executive, in Uruguay at a lecture on Latin America.

42.  Denying that they had violated any antitrust laws, American executives said what they had done was nothing more than wholesome competition.

43.  During the two-hour conversation Jones also said that American executives have expressed concern to him about the Helms-Burton Law.

44.  Eigen, as well as some American executives, said that companies may only be blocked from payments that are identified and prosecuted as criminal bribes.

45.  English, of course, is the language of the global economy, so American executives can travel abroad without knowing the native language.

46.  English, of course, is the lingua franca of the global economy, so American executives can travel abroad without uttering the native language.

47.  For China to acquire our secret technology from greedy American executives and friendly scientists may be distressing.

48.  For American executives, however, the missions to Havana are mostly exploratory.

49.  For stock options are the drug of choice among American executives.

50.  George M.C. Fisher, the chairman of Eastman Kodak Co., is not the first American executive to argue that Japan tilts its competitive playing field.