Times executives also described a program of efficiencies that they said had helped improve the newspaper.

Times executives said yesterday that they would not retreat.

The scholars were chosen by a panel of Times executives, based on recommendations from review committees of editors and reporters.

Once, when a Times executive was visiting, I was invited to go with him to lunch at the general's quarters.

These discussions will continue in coming weeks with other Times executives, editors and reporters.

At first, critics called these sections frivolous, but Times executives defended them as stylish and said they took no space from regular news.

In late 1998, Times executives signed a contract that made the paper one of the center's 10 "founding partners" - a kind of corporate sponsorship.

But there are a couple of incredibly creepy quotes from Times executives.

Recently, Times executives have expressed regrets about some of the ways her case was handled.

Times executives have said that the newspaper is exploring various options for electronic distribution.