51.   Investors appeared to buy that logic.

52.   Investors there appear to be reacting to fears that some of the many Muslims that populate Asian countries will retaliate for the airstrikes.

53.   Investors also appear to have absorbed the steady diet of investment advice dished out by newspapers, financial magazines and the mutual fund companies themselves.

54.   Investors also appeared concerned about the effect the stalled budget talks would have on corporate earnings.

55.   Investors appear to agree with Katz.

56.   Investors appear to be afraid that President Bush will succeed in severely reducing or possibly even abolishing the estate tax, which could hurt sales of life insurance.

57.   Investors appear to be taking profits from drug holdings and moving them into other sectors, particularly those less expensive than drug stocks.

58.   Investors appeared most bullish on prospects in Russia, where prices of both stocks and bonds are likely to rise over the longer term, some analysts said.

59.   Investors appeared to approve of the deal.

60.   Investors appeared to take the news in stride.