41.   The bonds are backed by debt incurred by customers buying furniture.

42.   The bonds were backed partially by city hotel and motel tax receipts, which have increased as the improved beach lures more visitors.

43.   The bonds were also backed by U.S. Treasury bills.

44.   The bonds were backed by lease payments on aircraft.

45.   The bonds will be backed by government-held shares in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and Japan Tobacco Inc.

46.   The Brady bonds are partially backed by Treasury debt.

47.   The bonds were backed by promissory notes issued by the National Development Bank of Pakistan in partial payment for a road that Daewoo built between Islamabad and Lahore.

48.   The group took over the New York-based company earlier this year from financier Ronald Perelman by foreclosing on and then voting Marvel stock that backed its bonds.

49.   The new bonds will be backed by those delivery fees.

50.   The plunge in rates raised the risk that more homeowners will refinance the loans that back mortgage bonds in order to lock in low rates.