51.   Even the regional Bell companies, which were most strongly for change because they had been more regulated than anybody else, became more reluctant to bargain.

52.   Every major opera company, even most regional companies are using it, even in Europe.

53.   For example, Bellcore is currently prohibited from developing new equipment because the regional Bell companies are barred from manufacturing equipment.

54.   Few regional Bell companies nationwide have been as heavily criticized by consumer advocates as Nynex for service quality and cost.

55.   For example, the federal government has allowed the seven regional Bell companies to shrink to four, despite limited competition in local phone service.

56.   For the regional Bell companies, GTE, and other local telephone companies, it was a case of getting the bad news over with.

57.   He has made several recordings and sung a string of leading roles in opera with the better regional companies.

58.   He said the regional Bell companies are already emerging as competitors in long distance in New York and possibly soon in Texas.

59.   He swatted down attempts by regional Bell companies to enter manufacturing and long-distance service.

60.   If Wallace is right, hopes of the regional Bells companies to move more easily into the long-distance business will be delayed, for one thing.