This producer contended that a male movie executive would not be criticized for the same actions.

Contract talks resumed yesterday between the league and the stagehands' union on work rules that producers contend unnecessarily inflate a Broadway show's work force and budget.

The producers contend that if the rules were changed, the networks would have too much of the market.

Gas-to-liquid producers contend the fuel might attract a premium in nations looking for alternatives that reduce toxic diesel emissions.

Ten years ago, the composite content was less than 2 percent; by the year 2000, some producers of composites contend, their materials will predominate.

American producers contend that Canadian provinces subsidize their industries by charging artificially low cutting fees.

It's also the most racially mixed, which the producers contend is merely a byproduct of being set in Baltimore, a black-majority city.

But the real agenda, American producers contend, is old-fashioned protectionism.

But the producers contend the boy is nervous and ask for another chance after he calms down.

At the same time, American producers contend that they face obstacles to selling in Mexico.