41.   They are pouring billions into a flurry of deals.

42.   They will make a convincing case that Rubin and his colleagues never had a workable plan to save Russia from itself as they poured billions down a pipe dream.

43.   Venture capitalists, who have poured billions of dollars into fledgling firms, would react by turning off the money spigot.

44.   When venture capitalists were pouring billions of dollars into start-ups, the companies could not hire quickly enough.

45.   A lawyer, Pound has negotiated the lucrative television and sponsorship deals that have poured billions of dollars into Olympic coffers.

46.   After pouring in billions of dollars, its creditor banks are trying to steer the company back into shape through alliances with foreign investors.

47.   Also, Japanese companies have poured billions of dollars into China investments over the past decade, and they want to see political tensions kept to a minimum.

48.   As investors have poured billions of dollars into technology stocks in recent years, many retail shares such as Unilever have been left by the wayside.

49.   Comcast Corporation president Brian Roberts admitted that some were wary of how cable companies would fare as they poured billions of dollars into the Internet business.

50.   During the Cold War, the United States began pouring billions of dollars into satellite imagery, communications interception and reconnaissance equipment.