21.   Investors hope a fresh face will instill confidence and shake things up.

22.   Just as much, though, John Brodie and the other Brodies instilled confidence in Chandler.

23.   Lagos has run a sluggish, cautious campaign that has neither excited his Socialist Party base nor instilled confidence in more conservative Chileans.

24.   My father and mother instilled confidence in him to take Michael Jordan to another level away from the game of basketball, to make sure I got an education.

25.   More often than not, though, buybacks instill investor confidence in a company, analysts said.

26.   Nonetheless, Lane exudes a forcefulness, sophistication and charm that instills confidence.

27.   Now comes word from a former Global Crossing executive, Ray Olofson, that the telco allegedly inflated its sales figures to instill confidence in investors.

28.   Players describe the once aggressive, strong-minded player as a no-nonsense educator who realizes the importance of instilling confidence in his players.

29.   Refusing to testify on grounds of self-incrimination may be acceptable in a criminal trial, but it hardly instills confidence in his leadership of the AFL-CIO.

30.   Santa Monica Calif.,-based free-lance writer Kathy Seal explains the difference between going overboard with superficial praise and instilling confidence in your child.