11.   Consider whether that fund will help you achieve what you want to achieve with your money over the long haul.

12.   Federal funds are helping to build the subway to North Hollywood, and MTA officials plan to extend the line west to Warner Center.

13.   FEMA director Joe Allbaugh acknowledged that Project Impact funds helped in Seattle, but said they were only a small part of federal disaster preparations.

14.   He then softened its stance after discovering France needed fresh funds to help reduce its borrowing, a requirement for the European single currency.

15.   Homeland security funds help train and equip firefighters and police, improve intelligence collection and sharing, and use technology to track U.S. visitors.

16.   In addition to the buyback program, the fund will help subsidize repair compliance costs for low-income drivers.

17.   In addition, the funds will help the Loveladys with a trip they already had planned for next month.

18.   It changed tack when an audit of state finances showed it needed additional funds to help it fulfill requirements for the single European currency.

19.   Japanese stocks rose as increased demand from new investment funds helped blue-chip shares such as Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

20.   One effect is that the funds have effectively helped drive down the same stock market they once drove up.