41.   As Crow rebounded, he saw a larger recovery propelled by real estate investment trusts and other pools of money collected by Wall Street.

42.   As he has for a while, Heebner likes real estate investment trusts for their strong yield.

43.   At the heart of the battle are real estate investment trusts like Vornado.

44.   At the time the company was exploring the possible sale of its assets to the public through conversion to a real estate investment trust.

45.   Avalon operates as a real estate investment trust, or REIT.

46.   Barclays iShares are mutual funds, have boards and can reinvest dividends more frequently than investment trusts.

47.   Barry Sternlicht started the year as an equally obscure head of a real estate investment trust.

48.   Banks fell across the board on domestic cross-shareholder unwinding and foreign investment trust and hedge fund selling, traders said.

49.   Because real estate investment trusts cannot operate companies, Crescent Operating was formed by Rainwater and his associates to hold the Charter stake.

50.   Because of federal tax laws governing real estate investment trusts, Crescent Real Estate could not operate the Charter facilities without jeopardizing its favorable tax status.