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April 26, 1999

MCI, Giant, Dart, BET. They are some of the companies that helped define the region's identity as a business community. And now they're gone. Maybe you didn't notice because MCI is still your long-distance company; you still shop at Giant; Crown Books is still around if much smaller and you can still watch Black Entertainment Television. In fact, these institutions have left the region only in the sense of how they do business, either being acquired by out of town companies, or in the case of BET, going private.

Departures mean additions, too, and this year there are 18 new companies joining the list of the 100 largest public companies in the Washington metropolitan area, the highest rate of change in five years.

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This year's rank, Company name (how it made the list)

9. Sodexho Marriott Services Inc. – spun off from Marriott International

16. Coventry Health Care Inc. – moved headquarters from Tennessee to Bethesda

23. USEC Inc. – went public

27. Meristar Hotels & Resorts – spun off from CapStar Hotel Co.

33. Building One Services Corp. – met revenue threshold

46. Meristar Hospitality Corp. – created by the merger of CapStar and American General Hospitality.

63. Global TeleSystems Inc. – met revenue threshold

69. Hagler Bailly Inc. – met revenue threshold

71. Omnipoint Corp. – met revenue threshold

77. E.Spire Communications – met revenue threshold

84. RWD Technologies Inc – met revenue threshold

87. MicroStrategy – went public

91. Network Solutions Inc. – met revenue threshold

92. American Mobile Satellite Corp. – met revenue threshold

94. Deltek Systems Inc. – met revenue threshold

99. Best Software Inc. – met revenue threshold

100. Dunn Computer Corp. – met revenue threshold

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Last year's rank, Company name (Why it's off)

3. MCI Communications Corp. – acquired by WorldComm, now known as MCI WorldComm Corp.

9. Giant Food – acquired by Royal Ahold NV

18. LCI International Inc. – acquired by Qwest Communications International

19. Manor Care Inc. – acquired by Health Care & Retirement Corp.

32. Dart Group Corp. – acquired by Richfood Holdings

39. Banner Aerospace Inc. – acquired by Fairchild Corp.

44. CapStar Hotel Co. – merged with American General Hospitality to form Meristar Hospitality Corp.

56. World Corp. – failed to meet revenue threshold

65. Intersolv – acquired by Micro Focus Group PLC

69. BET Holdings Inc. – went private

83. EIS International Inc. – failed to meet revenue threshold

87. QuesTech Inc. – acquired by CACI International Inc.

89. Coherent Communications Systems Corp. – acquired by Tellabs Inc.

93. Acsys Inc. – moved headquarters to Atlanta

95. Spacehab Inc. – failed to meet revenue threshold

97. Group 1 Software Inc. – failed to meet revenue threshold

98. Comnet Corp. – merged with Group 1 Software

99. Strayer Education Inc. – failed to meet revenue threshold.