31.   That would likely disappoint investors who have poured billions of dollars into hotel company stocks in recent years in the hopes of enjoying skyrocketing earnings growth.

32.   The Bank of Japan poured billions of yen into the money markets to make it easier for banks to borrow short-term funds.

33.   The Bonn government is pouring billions of dollars into a series of projects to rebuild transportation networks in the former East Germany.

34.   The cable companies have poured billions of dollars into upgrading their networks to handle broadband.

35.   The change has not rattled financial markets or worried foreign investors, who have been pouring billions of dollars into Brazil.

36.   The Bank of Japan has already begun to pour billions of dollars worth of yen into the markets, just to prevent a squeeze.

37.   The CIA poured billions of dollars in weapons into Afghanistan.

38.   The government says it is pouring billions of pounds into improving the service and that it is not fair to treat individual cases as emblematic.

39.   The two profited from competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, with Moscow pouring billions of dollars of weaponry into their arsenals.

40.   Then, J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller led investors who poured billions of dollars into the steel, railroad and electric industries.