31.   It hoped to avoid pushing Symington into bankruptcy because it would probably have gotten nothing from him beyond the building securing the loan.

32.   Johnson Controls said it had secured bank loans to either finance the purchase outright or combine them with a debt issue.

33.   Lenders usually require businesses to insure any property they pledge to secure loans.

34.   Many banks, for instance, offer cheaper loan products, such as home equity or line of credit and secured loans.

35.   Margin loans are secured by the value of stock.

36.   Norfolk Southern, which plans to finance the entire acquisition with new debt, has said it hopes to secure a loan by late May.

37.   Opposition party members claim Hanbo secured the loans using bribes or political connections.

38.   Other Democrats contended that if Gingrich had secured a regular bank loan on terms approved by the ethics committee, they would not have objected.

39.   One possibility is that the new loan will be secured by WorldCom assets, an executive said.