11.   Buffett keeps a cool head, putting his money only in financially sound businesses, the authors write.

12.   But Young says the surest way for the Fund to make sound business decisions is to tie its equity position and loans to solid American companies.

13.   Cawley says there are sound business reasons for all these moves.

14.   Christie said the decision was part luck and part sound business practice.

15.   Defining the boundaries is as much a matter of making sound business judgments as of applying formulas or doing calculations.

16.   For most large corporations, preparing for disaster is an unpublicized part of a sound business strategy.

17.   Fund managers admit that sound business prospects for companies like Yizheng, Shanghai Petrochemical and truck maker Qingling Motors Co. may not spare China stocks from further declines.

18.   Her underlying principles were sound business practices, but she never forgot the need to apply heart and compassion to public policy.

19.   Hull wants developers to offer only environmentally sound businesses with well-paying jobs.

20.   Investors who buy stocks based on gossip will no longer run circles around those who study financial statements and invest based on sound business trends.