31.   Certainly Bloomberg spent obscene sums of money.

32.   Comparatively small sums are spent on campaigning.

33.   COMPANIES DROP BASIC RESEARCH Corporations once spent big sums on basic research, with the hope that fresh insights might lead someday to a momentous breakthrough.

34.   Complicating the uncertainty in some states is the need to spend substantial sums on public safety and counterterrorism efforts without knowing how much will be reimbursed by Congress.

35.   Customers are concerned that their favorite Compaq or HP products may disappear, forcing them to spend large sums on new hardware and software, and on retraining.

36.   Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell of Washington, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, and Mark Dayton of Minnesota have also spent large sums of personal cash on their campaigns.

37.   Each party has also spent considerable sums on ads in tossup states, including Washington, Tennessee and Arkansas.

38.   Each year, the British government spends considerable sums to maintain military cemeteries overseas, mainly for soldiers killed in the two world wars.

39.   During the Depression, the United States spent huge sums on public works to keep people employed.

40.   Endorsements from professional athletes are one reason Americans spend large sums on magnets to seek pain relief.