11.   Holding down the debt is important to the bond market because the government finances the red ink by selling bonds.

12.   Holding down the national debt is important to the bond market because the government finances the red ink by selling bonds.

13.   In other words, the US government is financing the creation of high-skilled and high- paying defense jobs in foreign countries.

14.   It would enable the government to finance spending on roads, ports and other infrastructure while reducing its reliance on borrowing.

15.   Last week the trade and industry minister, Francisco Dornelles, said the government might finance car purchases to keep Volkswagen from firing workers.

16.   Morris is hoping that the government will finance research to identify the relatives of those who died.

17.   Most residents have switched from their private wells to Suffolk County Water Authority hookups, a precautionary move that the government financed starting two years ago.

18.   President Bush said Saturday that, before Congress returns in September, he intends to decide whether the government will finance embryonic stem cell research.

19.   Rep. Ralph Regula, an Ohio Republican who is the chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing the endowments, does not think that the government should finance individual artists.

20.   The Bogota city government is financing the project.