21.   People rushed to buy foreign currency in the capital, and BBC television showed crowds of people lining up for passports in the capital.

22.   Some bought the currency back when the bank today left them unchanged.

23.   That gives the dollar an advantage, since investors usually buy a currency that yields higher returns on bank deposits.

24.   That helped the dollar because overseas investors bought the currency to finance their purchases of U.S. equities.

25.   That can lead to a lower dollar when they buy their own currencies to bring profits home.

26.   The ability to buy foreign currency at half the official rate has created some tremendous bargains, some investors said.

27.   That gives the dollar an advantage since investors usually buy a currency that yields higher returns on bank deposits.

28.   The Australian dollar was little changed as fresh signs of frailty in Asia made traders wary of buying the currency.

29.   The Canadian dollar fell more than a fifth of a U.S. cent, prompting the Bank of Canada to buy the currency to temper its decline.

30.   The Brazilian real weakened against the dollar, as demand for dollars rose during a regional holiday in Sao Paulo, when places to buy foreign currency are scarce.