1.   An IMF loan could help Brazil replenish its foreign currency reserves in case it has to use them to strengthen the real.

2.   But at the same time, support for the IMF is building among lawmakers from farm states, who believe IMF loans help US farmers sell their products overseas.

3.   But the loans helped more than double what she was earning before at her part-time job.

4.   Economists, however, insist that the loan will indirectly help Moscow pay for the war.

5.   Korea needs such loans to help overcome a short-term debt crisis.

6.   Less profitable loans may help squeeze bank profits harder still.

7.   Most important to the United States, some analysts said, is that the IMF loans will help South Korea shore up its banking system.

8.   Might federally subsidized loans help workers relocate to new jobs?

9.   The Bank wants to restructure the energy industry and social security fund whose bad loans helped precipitate the crisis.

10.   The contracts are for loans to help pay insurance claims that might arise after a major hurricane.