31.   After that, though, it takes options to give the Xterra real character, outwardly at least.

32.   But options do give you the chance to reassess stock or portfolio fundamentals, and they provide comfort if you harbor doubts that you are right.

33.   Call options give investors the right to buy shares at a certain price within a certain time.

34.   Call options give investors the right to buy shares at a set price within a certain time.

35.   Call options give the holder the right to buy shares at a set price, or exercise price, in the hope that the stock will rise above it.

36.   Currency options give a purchaser the right to buy a currency at a specific exchange rate on a future date.

37.   Executives counter that options have given them an incentive to improve their companies.

38.   His options gave him a stake in this endeavor.

39.   However, critics say that such an option would give government officials far too much power to influence corporate decisions since Social Security would own huge blocks of stock.

40.   Its Holy Father option gives visitors images of John Paul II, John Paul I, Paul VI and John XXIII.