21.   I was sure this was a sound investment, but from the day I bought it, it has continued to lose money.

22.   In effect, they were advising customers that those stocks have reached seasonal peaks, although they remain sound investments.

23.   It is important to acknowledge the positive attributes of sound investment advice.

24.   Jon Teall, spokesman for Lipper Analytical Securities Corp. in New York, said for the long term, mutual funds are a sound investment.

25.   Namely, that a prison is a sound investment.

26.   Other mergers in the oil, utility and software industries boost optimism that stocks will be a sound investment in the months ahead.

27.   Other funds found it difficult to find sound investments in the post-communist turmoil and sat on the money appropriated from Congress.

28.   Other mergers and speculation about acquisitions in the oil, software and utility industries boosted optimism that stocks will be a sound investment in the months ahead.

29.   Other mergers in the oil, software and utility industries boosted optimism that stocks will be a sound investment in the months ahead.

30.   Paying the quarterback of a throwing team serious money is a sound investment, even if that quarterback is the looks-better-on-paper George.