1.   Small hermit crabs are readily available where there is ocean water and their value as scavengers makes them worth considering.

2.   Such a high value would make possible a direct path to, say Saturn, reducing travel time from about seven years to as little as three.

3.   Although Rounder has had little experience in the jazz field, Marsalis believes their shared values make it an ideal partnership.

4.   A strong dollar increases tha value of earnings made abroad when profits are brought home and translated into marks.

5.   All of which could be used to argue that conservative family values made her do it.

6.   Cash value only makes sense when your tax adviser suggests it for estate planning.

7.   He pledged his life to the idea that an education grounded in tradition and values could sometimes make the difference between going to Yale and going to jail.

8.   In yet another sign that stock value can make giants out of companies that are barely profitable, Global Crossing Ltd. is reportedly in merger talks with US West.

9.   Low property values make it difficult for the districts to back bond issues, the main method of financing construction projects and paying for such big-ticket items as computers.

10.   Muchnick faulted them for not realizing the added economic and environmental value of products made of recycled wood by locally trained labor.