11.   Arkansas state officials have challenged an appeals court ruling that granted broad tax-exempt status to the farm-credit groups, which help farmers obtain short-term loans.

12.   At that time, foreigners were not eligible for public health insurance or pensions and could not obtain housing loans.

13.   Banks often require borrowers to endure mountains of paperwork and long delays in obtaining a loan.

14.   Bolton recommends that she pay off the debt by obtaining a loan that would have a lower interest rate than the cards.

15.   A number of Enron assets were being examined, including some that have already been used to obtain other loans, the executives said.

16.   A multimillion-dollar loan has been obtained to revive the business, but the problems remind many observers of previous gambling operations that folded in Freeport and Galveston.

17.   Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG probably will announce Monday whether it obtained more bank loans to stay afloat, company directors and union officials said.

18.   But because of the nature of its proprietary tax filing service, Jackson Hewitt requires that refund anticipation loans be obtained only through banks it approves, for example.

19.   Construction loans were obtained to actually build the buildings involved, with Symington guaranteeing those loans if the partnerships were unable to repay.

20.   Coelho obtained the loan from a Lisbon-based bank.