11.  And as French companies reorganize, they are flexing their muscles abroad.

12.  An increase in investment is expected because order books are at record highs and more French companies are approaching capacity.

13.  And DaimlerChrysler Aerospace said last week that it was talking to the French company Aerospatiale, apparently piqued by the scuttling of its deal with British Aerospace.

14.  And American investors have grown frustrated trying to decipher the often opaque workings of what essentially remains a French company.

15.  And last month it was Aventis SA, the French pharmaceutical company.

16.  And Toyota, unlike French companies of its size, has no executive dining room.

17.  Announcements by French companies that they will invest in Iran have, to date, produced little U.S. response.

18.  Another reason is that French companies have been acquiring foreign companies.

19.  Another vaccine is produced by the U.S. subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical company Pasteur-Merieux Connaught.

20.  Anselmo agreed to guarantee the French company the launching business for all three satellites -- if they would line up loans through Credit Lyonnais to cover the launching costs.