The fashion and perfume intellectual property were consolidated from the original firm's various family and corporate descendants into a single corporate entity.

And now its corporate descendant, Oneida Ltd., is struggling not to fall off the economic tidal wave of the late 20th century: globalization.

Rail operations were maintained continuously by various corporate descendants on the growing system that ultimately became the B&LE in 1900.

As a corporate descendant of the old Bell monopoly, Avaya was heavy with tenured union employees accustomed to lifetime job security, Mr. Dennis said.

The company's corporate descendant today is Unisys.

In 1919, the company forged an alliance with Exhibitors Mutual Distributing, a corporate descendant of the Mutual Film studio.

Its corporate descendant sold the building in 1979 to Anthony T. Fedele, a local builder, for $75,000.

Stock in the family's oil companies is a major part of the foundation's assets, beginning with Standard Oil and now with its corporate descendants, including Exxon Mobil.

When the '60s veterans try to play some pitiful music, they are quickly drowned out by the frantic brainstorming of their corporate descendants.

It will now go to Plum Creek, which is a corporate descendant of the original railroad company that got the biggest piece of Federal largess.