61.   Analysts said they did not believe that the amounts involved were so big that they had to be disclosed to investors.

62.   An agency spokesman said a relatively small amount of producers were involved.

63.   Amounts are in billions of dollars.

64.   And all of the team members have to strive for rich relationships within the group, the kind where a great amount of trust is the strongest bond.

65.   And as Van Gundy may have found out this season, no amount of money is worth that grief.

66.   And sometimes that amount of pressure is just tremendous.

67.   And that discounted amount is what you may owe gift tax on.

68.   And no amount of theorizing is apt to converge on a persuasive explanation of where the mathematical laws are written or what happened before the Big Bang.

69.   And whatever that amount is, much of it is spoken for, Ratliff said.

70.   And so is the amount they spend, amplifying a trend that began in earnest four years ago.