11.   Also, medical prices soared and states used fancy financial footwork to increase their federal payments.

12.   And domestic companies that import products watched woefully as the weakening yen brought down their stock prices at the same time that stock prices of exporters soared.

13.   Analysts said the volume in bank shares has been moderate in the past few days even though prices have soared.

14.   And as the stock price has soared the company has cut back on purchases of its own stock.

15.   And if prices ever soared, they could justify building new refineries.

16.   And after prices soared to records last week amid speculation demand would soar, traders may push prices lower.

17.   And in the fallout from the crisis, gas and electricity prices have soared.

18.   And prices are soaring, outpacing the upward trend of the past year.

19.   And several senators from Western states suggested that long-term power contracts signed when prices soared last year could be ripped up if evidence shows that Enron artificially inflated prices.

20.   And when yields tumbled in the bond market Tuesday, stock prices soared.