11.  The company long has considered unloading its stake in Turner Broadcasting, but was reluctant to sell because of a huge tax liability.

12.  They tend to prefer tangible assets, which are priced to move, over companies long on concepts, pipe dreams and hope.

13.  To be sure, a few companies long have built their reputations on values and social responsibility.

14.  Until Chrysler introduced its new mini-van this fall, car companies long overlooked what is proving to be a huge market for sliding doors on the left side.

15.  What no economist or policymaker can know is how long companies can resist bigger wage increases, which could squeeze profits or push up the inflation rate.

16.  What no economist or policy maker can know is how long companies can resist bigger wage increases, which could squeeze profits and push up the inflation rate.

17.  What no economist or policymaker can know is how long companies can resist bigger wage increases.

18.  While other companies long have sold synthetic urine in heat packs, Shelton said the Whizzinator was the first product she knew of that included a phallic device.

19.  Why did Philip Morris, a company that long regarded the federal government as its arch-enemy, suddenly announce it was willing to accept some government regulation?

20.  European defense companies long have said they are too weak to compete individually with the Americans.