1.   And did Swiss bankers know the vast amounts of gold were stolen?

2.   And with the spread of organized criminality in Eastern Europe, Swiss bankers themselves wisecrack about Russian businessmen arriving in Zurich with suitcases full of dollars.

3.   As the talks have continued, the attitude of Swiss bankers has evolved from a circle-the-wagons mentality to one much more sensitive to world opinion.

4.   A leading Swiss commercial banker, Rainer Gut, suggested last month that the commercial banks, the government and the National Bank should all contribute the same amount.

5.   All this has gravely undermined the elite mystique of Swiss bankers as being too stable and sure-footed to be tripped up by the lure of fast money.

6.   But the insistent clamor, particularly from the United States, for disclosure of their activities during and after the Nazi era has worried Swiss bankers.

7.   Faced with a mounting wave of negative publicity and the prospect of lost business, Swiss bankers are opening their archives and vaults to outside investigation.

8.   For the Swiss bankers, the primary goal is to end a threat of sanctions by New York City and the state of California, among others.

9.   In a letter last week to the judge, Volcker also said that the suit would make Swiss bankers hesitant to release documents to outside auditors.

10.   In an early scene in the new film, Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan, goes to the office of a Swiss banker.