11.   Already nervous investors got an additional jolt when New York-based Schlumberger and Houston-based Diamond Offshore both reported lower-than-expected earnings.

12.   But like many other large technology companies, EMC now faces a slowing sales picture and investors nervous about its cost structure.

13.   But nervous investors reasoned that if Microsoft could be a target, other successful technology companies could be as well.

14.   But the bursting of the dot-com bubble has spooked the markets, and nervous investors may turn their backs on the new round of opportunities.

15.   But this has not been enough to prevent nervous investors from sending stocks down sharply this week.

16.   By late August, they were everywhere, and a few nervous investors were beginning to sniff a disaster.

17.   Enron has been seeking a large infusion of cash to reassure nervous investors that it has enough money to make it through its worsening financial crisis.

18.   Investors nervous about currency fluctuations sought refuge in defensive stocks such as pharmaceuticals and railways.

19.   Investors nervous about currency fluctuations sought refuge in stocks such as pharmaceuticals and railways.