31.   The fund provides a hedge against inflation and declining financial markets by buying commodity-linked investments.

32.   The fund will provide short-term financing for acquisitions until companies and leveraged buy-out firms can get longer-term financing in the public or private markets.

33.   The fund might provide only quarters per family, but it would be a gesture.

34.   The fund provides money for crime fighting and victims assistance.

35.   The fund provides one way out of this impasse.

36.   The fund provides the money for the subsidized services.

37.   The fund will not provide grants.

38.   The fund would also provide seed money to groups that are eager to venture into social services.

39.   The global fund could provide a major service by negotiating for the lowest possible prices on behalf of countries too small and poor to have clout with manufacturers.

40.   The federation said the fund should provide money to nations only if they allow basic human rights and labor rights.