1.   Even the doorbell was wrong, a black button encircled by a tarnished yellow metal.

2.   Dorcas sat down and leaned against the yellow metal.

3.   Germany left its key interest rates unchanged yesterday, a move could keep some gold investors from buying the yellow metal, analysts said.

4.   All that remains is a mangled heap of yellow metal on the bloodstained snow.

5.   Dollar strength continues to dog the yellow metal.

6.   Gold traders have been worried that EU member states scrambling to make it into the single currency would dump the yellow metal on the market.

7.   More than anything, however, it is the silvery yellow metal the Japanese possess that worries neighbors.

8.   The precious yellow metal is now playing a role in the effort to heal the ailing national economy, with some people donating gold to the state.

9.   The remains of the cable car lay on the snowy floor of a valley, a mangle of flattened yellow metal.

10.   The yellow metal, on its part, has treated them kindly --providing safe but not spectacular returns.