11.   Deere and Alcoa are consider cyclical companies, or ones whose fortunes are tied to the health of the economy.

12.   Cyclical companies are those whose fortunes are tied closely to the economy.

13.   Deere and Alcoa are considered cyclical stocks, or those whose fortunes are tied closely to the health of the economy.

14.   Deere, a manufacturer of construction and agricultural equipment, is considered a cyclical stock, or one whose fortune is tied closely to the health of the economy.

15.   He said their fortunes will be tied to better health than last year.

16.   His appeal is that he never tied his fortunes to Yeltsin.

17.   Hiner said some investors thought Owens-Corning was only a building-products company whose fortunes were tied to housing statistics.

18.   Honda sells more cars in North America than in Japan, so its fortunes are closely tied to the American market.

19.   In a relatively rare move to tie its fortunes to a big-name athlete, Coke Classic is planning to air an ad featuring Ripken.

20.   In the New England Journal reports, there was only one patient whose good fortune could be tied to a specific factor -- and that was COLDO.