1.   And his missile defense system will cost untold billions, alienate our allies and, even according to its proponents, may not work.

2.   Atlanta, meanwhile, will be the biggest beneficiary of the Olympics, as untold billions pour in from out of state and overseas.

3.   Beijing spends untold billions of dollars it gets from foreign trade building up its immense armed forces and system of police repression.

4.   But they were not eager to foist the government into the insurance business and take on commitments for possible untold billions of dollars.

5.   Careers and untold billions hang in the balance.

6.   It saved untold billions of dollars.

7.   Middle-class Germans have carried untold billions of dollars in suitcases across the border into Luxembourg and other tax havens.

8.   That vast enterprise leached untold billions of rubles from the old Soviet Union.

9.   The final tally will include untold billions more in life, medical and worker compensation payments triggered by perhaps thousands of human casualties.

10.   Their banks are saddled with untold billions of dollars in bad debt and are caught in a wrenching shift from a planned economy to one driven by market forces.