31.   One big drawback is that the insurance can be used only to protect investments in mutual funds offered by the insurer itself.

32.   Regardless of the size of your tool kit, protect the investment.

33.   Since research is a commodity to bio-technology and drug companies, many discoveries that might be crucial to the treatment of disease are patented to protect investment.

34.   So he wants to control how his image is used and protect the investment of the companies he endorses, like Buick, Nike and American Express.

35.   Surge suppression devices are the best way to protect your investment in sensitive electronic equipment, including computers, stereos and home theater systems.

36.   That would serve to hold down salaries of young players and also protect the investments of teams that are building.

37.   The banks, they were told, were only protecting their investments.

38.   The cerebral and soft-spoken McCaw appeared confident Wednesday that he has more than enough leverage to protect his investment.

39.   The Common Fund had specified steps that should be used to protect the investment through methods like futures and options trading.

40.   The complaint, filed last week in Cook County Court in Illinois, represents another example of increased legal action among public pension funds to protect their investments.