51.   An agreement would also end speculation that NationsBank would climb off the fence and make another offer for a major bank.

52.   An offer is made, the property goes off the market and then the seller waits.

53.   An offer would be made, but it would have been filled with enough restrictions and below-top-market value that Karl would have rejected it.

54.   Among those expected to make offers for the Vikings is J. Bruce Llewellyn,a cousin of Colin Powell, the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

55.   Ampolex is obviously trying to flush out a higher bid from Mobil or entice another company to make an offer, investors and analysts said.

56.   An additional four countries have made no offer at all, including Indonesia and South Africa.

57.   Analysts are divided about whether Service Corp. will deviate from its previous acquisition strategy and make an offer for Loewen that would dilute its earnings.

58.   And increasingly it is second-tier private colleges that are making the offers, a new study shows.

59.   And he said he immediately backed away from offering any assistance to those present as soon as the payoff offer was made.

60.   And they always make ridiculous offers.