1.   But the agency ran into trouble when sponsorship funds became increasingly difficult to attract and management were forced to call in the liquidators earlier this month.

2.   As big as the fund has become, the greater issue was the sheer velocity of new money headed its way.

3.   As more funds become available, officials plan to continue expanding the vaccination program north and west.

4.   As the fund becomes larger, Ms. Meyers expects the expense ratio to fall.

5.   As the definition of an Internet stock blurred, broader technology funds became a better way to invest in the Internet.

6.   But small, robust funds have become harder to find as a result of the rallies in large-capitalization and small-growth stocks in recent years.

7.   Closed-end funds have become increasingly attractive to value investors like Harvard as stock prices have ballooned in the bull market.

8.   Crabbe rejects suggestions that the fund has become unmanageable.

9.   Exchange-traded funds may also become a preferred alternative, provided that they are traded through a deep-discount brokerage firm.

10.   Ever so quietly, pension funds are becoming a true force in Latin American capital markets.