31.  Derek Schiller, vice president for business development, said he had received a proposal from Elite this summer.

32.  DeGraan, who is 57, took over the battery business when Gillette bought it in 1996.

33.  Degussa and SKW have already announced their intention to sell off about $3 billion worth of businesses, in an attempt to simplify their combined company.

34.  Degussa today repeated that it plans to concentrate on precious metals and sell off the rest of its money-losing metals business.

35.  Deiter Haberl, an industrial engineer from Germany who was in New York on a business trip, echoed Mulholland's complaints.

36.  DeJanes runs a small deli and catering service that does some business with Associated and other food suppliers.

37.  DeKalb's program is a collaborative effort among educational institutions, business associations, government and law enforcement.

38.  Del Ponte speaks four languages _ Italian, French, English, and German _ but doesn't like to conduct business in English because it is her weakest language.

39.  Del Toro attended the University of California as a business student, but a chance involvement in a college play changed his outlook permanently.

40.  Del Vecchio has fought his way from an orphanage to become one of his country's most revered business leaders.