IF the 1980's were the age of acquisitions in the advertising industry, the 1990's may turn out to be the age of "melding," one influential analyst says.

That event prompted one influential analyst to declare, "the chief privacy officer is a trend whose time has come."

If influential analysts or executives tell people to sell, they can cost current shareholders millions.

Until recently, many influential analysts argued that religion, a vestige of an earlier stage of human development, would wither away as people became more sophisticated and rational.

"They've hit bottom," said Thomas P. Kurlak, an influential analyst at Merrill Lynch & Company.

Gruden is now one of the most influential analysts of the country's most popular sport-a mixed blessing for a man who only ever wanted to be a coach.

She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century's two most influential analysts of theatre: Brecht and Antonin Artaud.

For example, on Sept. 21, when Intel realized its third-quarter revenues would fall short of the expected figures, it didn't simply notify influential analysts.

In exile, Homayoun, was an influential political analyst, writer, and opposition leader.

Two influential American analysts adjusted their outlooks yesterday, further adding to the gloom.