31.   In spite of everything, I did obtain a mortgage and recently bought an apartment.

32.   In recent months, the company has tried to sell some of its Las Vegas properties and use the proceeds to buy apartments in Southern California.

33.   John Lennon and Yoko Ono were interested in buying an apartment in the Dakota, where Downes lives.

34.   Late last year, the Quilicos decided to buy an apartment in Manhattan.

35.   London-based PPP Healthcare also owns nursing homes, as well as close-care communities, where elderly residents buy apartments on the premises of nursing homes.

36.   MacKinnon said the couple was considering whether to buy the apartment as a way to expand their own place.

37.   Not only would the agency be responsible for the unsold apartments, but it also would hold the individual mortgages of the families who had bought apartments.

38.   None of the tenants interviewed, with one exception, will say whether they have signed up to buy their apartments.

39.   Now, an increasing number of nonresident investors who bought apartments from original sponsors are demanding the same rights and privileges as their predecessor shareholders.

40.   Officials at the Pierre would not disclose how much it costs to buy an apartment.