31.   As far as American slave traders were concerned, the Seminole Negro were fair game for capture and sale at public slave markets.

32.   At LTCM the overconfident traders may have been greedy, and they surely were arrogant, but they believed in their fund and were its biggest losers.

33.   Because the crop is two to three weeks behind, due to heavy spring rains that delayed plantings, traders are concerned about potential frost damage in September.

34.   Beneficial growing conditions are allowing traders to be confident in the coming crops.

35.   Bond traders are often reluctant to buy other kinds of bonds while the government is selling its bonds, a hesitancy that often influences the stock market, too.

36.   Bond traders had been concerned that a stock rally earlier this week would lure bond investors into equities.

37.   Bond traders had been less cocky about a Fed cut.

38.   Bond traders are not usually optimistic about deficit reduction, and the lower interest rates that smaller deficits encourage.

39.   Both Mirant traders are still with the company, a Mirant spokesman said.

40.   Bond traders are a policing mechanism, keeping a lid on inflation and economic growth.