11.   Prices for muni bonds have recently declined much more sharply than those for taxable bonds, a fact that seems to have scared some investors.

12.   Signs of a technology slowdown scare investors in such computer-component exporters as Taiwan and South Korea.

13.   That has probably scared some investors, who have extrapolated their fears about the Asian markets to Russia.

14.   That was enough to scare investors and send the New York Stock Exchange into its biggest decline in more than two months on Tuesday.

15.   The argument, put forth by corporate lobbyists, was that tough rules would scare investors and drive down stock prices.

16.   The Fed will not raise rates because that in itself could scare investors from the market at an already volatile moment, he said.

17.   The surprise departure scared investors.

18.   This came after stocks dropped sharply Monday, scaring investors and causing the market to open uneasily Tuesday on fears that the plunge would snowball.

19.   When such comments scared foreign investors, leading to sharp drops in stock prices and the won, he reversed himself and embraced the accord.

20.   His acerbic rhetoric has often scared investors and sent the ringgit and stock markets plunging.