61.  In years past, American automobile executives came to the Tokyo Motor Show to see the latest competitive challenges they would be facing from Japan.

62.  It was a rare meeting, because senior American executives almost never travel to Mexico to discuss complaints directly with border workers.

63.  Japanese also regard the remuneration standards of American executives as obscenely extravagant.

64.  Neil Longhurst, an American executive with the Ford Motor Co. in Spain, says he now routinely checks into budget hotels in Europe.

65.  Nineteen years later, she is preparing to leave Lucent not just as a top executive but arguably as the most powerful woman among American executives.

66.  Nor has a pay scale that is modest compared with that for American executives.

67.  Neither can American executives eager to do business with Hanoi since the recent establishment of diplomatic relations.

68.  On Monday, American executives and employees, still raw from the events of September, had the luxury of being able to execute their plan.

69.  Rice said afterward that Bush discussed how American executives would make decisions on whether to invest in Russia.

70.  Several American executives began to complain that the strong dollar was wiping out their competitiveness and allowing the Japanese to undercut the American market.