1.   Both versions would curb the ability of many debtors entering bankruptcy to wipe out credit card debts and other unsecured loans.

2.   A growing number of these high-flying start-ups are closing down operations and laying off employees or entering bankruptcy.

3.   Centrum acquired both two years ago, when Montgomery Ward entered bankruptcy.

4.   Enron struggled on Friday to line up financing that would allow it to enter bankruptcy as a functioning company.

5.   Executives of companies entering bankruptcy defend such payments as necessary if there is to be any hope of reorganizing as a going concern.

6.   Furthermore, as foreign companies enter bankruptcy, they stop borrowing money.

7.   Northeast Utilities bought Public Service Co. after it entered a bankruptcy caused by delays in collecting Seabrook construction costs, said Martin Murray, a company spokesman.

8.   The saga of Marvel since it entered bankruptcy last year has featured several running battles.

9.   Those exemptions allow a person entering bankruptcy to shield an unlimited amount of money from creditors by investing it in an expensive home.

10.   Planet Hollywood closed nine poorly performing restaurants throughout the country just before entering bankruptcy.