11.   The money will help poor village farmers, agricultural associations and self-help projects in applying better techniques to get the most produce from the land.

12.   The same techniques will be applied in Europe, except that language considerations call for a much more complex effort on product packaging, labelling and literature.

13.   And other scholars are beginning to apply the technique in solving more difficult puzzles involving ancient texts.

14.   Applying stenciling techniques.

15.   Applying some techniques immortalized by Buffett, he tripled his stake in Motorola, and keeps a wary eye on Compaq Computer and America Online.

16.   At first glance it might seem that the CIA and the FBI could apply some techniques that worked in the Cold War to fighting the newer battle against terrorists.

17.   But it has been unclear how far he has applied the new techniques to actual samples from various laboratories.

18.   But leave it to chefs to apply this technique to a few unexpected foods.

19.   But they had been bedeviled by how to apply the X-ray technique to the far more complex three-dimensional molecules, like proteins, that make up living organisms.

20.   Eventually, he said, the technique might be applied to industrial processes, including the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.