1.   An explosion in the number and size of Wall Street mortgage investment pools has similarly aided the cities without particular intent.

2.   An immediate concern was the effect on schools, which had been required to channel all their funds through the county investment pool.

3.   Between the time public attention was drawn to the investment pool and the bankruptcy filing, we rated Orange County bonds eight times.

4.   But only three months after the offering, the county declared bankruptcy and the investment pool was unable to redeem any bonds.

5.   But the strategy could also apply to tax disputes involving partnerships, alimony arrangements, investment pools and many other so-called transactional relationships.

6.   But Wall Street has some investment pools in the works that may let less wealthy people invest in these securities.

7.   Citron had filled the investment pool with structured notes and other securities designed to perform well as interest rates declined.

8.   County officials said investors in a pension bond backed by the investment pool, now frozen by the bankruptcy, were not paid on schedule Thursday.

9.   Economists say that Orange County must now undergo a belt tightening it long avoided by relying so heavily on the profits from its investment pool.

10.   Donors can pick among three investment pools, from conservative to aggressive.