11.   A. Behavioral scientists have shown that expressing emotions may confer immunological benefits.

12.   But he and other experts still have confidence in the finding of other studies that moderate exercise confers health benefits that can prolong life.

13.   But welfare confers no benefit to local taxpayers.

14.   Earlier this week the administration issued tentative guidelines requiring a greater degree of justification for programs that confer benefits on minority-owned businesses.

15.   In that case, the court said programs that confer benefits on the basis of race or sex must meet a higher standard to be considered constitutional.

16.   In other studies hormone replacement has been found to confer health benefits by reducing the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis.

17.   Pieces of wool encased in plastic with iconic pictures, scapulars were believed to confer spiritual benefits much like indulgences.

18.   Scientists now realize that the nutrients in food work in concert to confer their benefits.

19.   To be sure, targeted stock deals confer some benefits.

20.   It confers huge benefits.