Some executives wondered whether this Congress would come through for them any more than it had with the Democrats in control.

Without the 3-pointer, the executives wondered, would players try harder to move the ball around and wait for an open shot?

"Then executives wonder why performance suffers and productivity dips."

Yet some executives wonder where all these projects will wind up.

Now, executives wonder how to keep shipping to Mexico.

Other executives wonder whether a management flaw appeared eight years ago.

But executives wonder if the new crop possesses the same entrepreneurial vision - or the discipline to carry it out.

After two years, the company's executives wondered why the stock price had plummeted to pennies.

But American executives wonder why such controls are not placed on more products sold by Japanese companies.

Some executives still wonder if the nation's attention span for the terrorist story will be short.