21.   In his view, gold should be used to buy goods.

22.   Investors often use gold as a hedge against higher prices.

23.   Industrially, gold is used as a component of connectors on computer keyboards like the one this story is being written on, as well as in semiconductor chips.

24.   Klapwijk noted that jewelers and the industries that use gold also have to pay higher prices.

25.   Ms. Morgan even tries to use gold as money.

26.   Now, the low prices are attracting demand from jewelry makers and other manufacturers who use gold, analysts said.

27.   Once in New York, Truong used his gold, his reputation as a wealthy businessman and his shrewd sense of opportunity to buy up shabby hotels.

28.   Some investors use gold as a hedge against inflation.

29.   The gold is then used by industry, cutting back on the amount of the precious metal that Korea has to purchase from abroad using scarce dollars.

30.   The gold was recast by the Assay Office at the request of the corporate predecessor of Citibank, which used the gold to secure a loan to Spain.