11.   Despite the lofty prices on some celebrity estates, deals can be had.

12.   Few CMOs are being created, prices are lower, and investors have been less willing to pay lofty prices for the securities.

13.   For investors, who are increasingly nervous about lofty stock prices and rising interest rates, the earnings growth provides reason for optimism.

14.   Just look at the lofty prices bid on vintage muscle cars, especially convertibles, at the recent Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction in Scottsdale.

15.   Lofty prices in the stock market continue to pose the biggest risk to the U.S. economy.

16.   Moreover, companies like Coca-Cola Co. are trading at lofty prices, based on what analysts expect the beverage maker to earn.

17.   Other species, because of the lofty prices on their heads and rampant poaching, are being overfished in the environmentally imploding Caspian Sea.

18.   Qwest, like the Bermuda-based Global Crossing, has a lofty stock price fueled by the promise of high-flying growth stemming from the Internet.

19.   Some analysts are appalled at the lofty prices for certain Internet stocks.

20.   So to replace Bert Emanuel the club paid a lofty price, at least two rounds higher than some Chargers coaches felt Martin would fetch.