11.   As a member of an FDA advisory panel, Wood supported allowing consumers to buy some allergy drugs without a prescription.

12.   As for market research, the company now makes sure to ask whether consumers will buy a drink.

13.   As interest rates fell, more consumers could buy homes and cars.

14.   As it stands now, many private insurers cover abortion, but consumers can buy insurance that does not include it.

15.   At best, U.S. consumers can buy the global economy some time and prevent a worldwide panic.

16.   Asian consumers bought fewer Japanese goods as the value of their currencies plunged.

17.   At the same, private consumption recovered from a summer slump as consumers bought expensive items before the government raises the consumption tax two percentage points in April.

18.   Automakers have expressed doubts as to whether consumers will buy the electric cars the state is forcing them to build.

19.   Before the shutdown, consumers could buy the online currency and use it on Web sites, including barnesandnoble.com, Outpost and Tower Records.

20.   Blockbuster and others also have been hurt because more consumers are buying videos, which generates lower profit margins than renting.