21.   Investors will be purchasing stock in a company whose fortune is tied to recent laws that open the local telephone business to more competition.

22.   Its fortunes are tied directly to the fortunes of these mid-cap companies, which can vary widely.

23.   Millions of investors, eager to ride the bull market of blue chips, have tied their fortunes to such indexes.

24.   Or they may prefer having investments whose fortunes are not tied to the financial health of their employer.

25.   Prices for other metals, including aluminum, have also sunk as their fortunes are tied to copper.

26.   So-called cyclical companies like metal and paper producers Alcoa and Champion International Corp., whose fortunes are closely tied to economic growth or weakness, rallied the most.

27.   So-called cyclical companies like metal and paper producers Alcoa and International Paper Co., whose fortunes are closely tied to economic growth or weakness, rallied the most.

28.   Some companies whose fortunes are tied to growth in the economy are beginning to feel the effects of weakening demand for their products.

29.   Tasty Fries Inc. of Radnor, Pennsylvania, is another penny stock whose fortunes are tied to fries that belch out of coin-operated machines.

30.   The Giuliani administration, which has tied its fortunes to the success of the Police Department, has fiercely opposed the PBA bills.