1.   The fund provided him with an emergency grant for unreimbursed medical bills and lost wages.

2.   The universal service fund also should provide a lift to libraries that are trying to launch themselves into cyberspace.

3.   The fund will provide grants for up to a thousand pounds for these organisations to spend on such training.

4.   The money would come from Government funds provided under the City Challenge initiative, but permission must first be granted by the Department of the Environment.

5.   At the same time, a deposit insurance fund will provide full coverage of deposits at merchant banks.

6.   A stabilization fund would provide a reserve of dollars the central bank could use to buy rubles in future currency swings.

7.   But last week Russian officials and Western investors were asking whether the fund was providing too little, too late.

8.   Fast-growing private pension funds could also provide a ready source of demand.

9.   Franklin also promotes the international diversification its fund provide.

10.   Funds also provide diversification for the small investor, while leaving credit research and trading decisions to professional managers.