1.   But some legislative leaders note that electrocution has been held constitutionally sound by the U.S. Supreme Court.

2.   Gore has proposed keeping the Social Security system fiscally sound by adding funds from the projected federal budget surplus and savings from paying down the debt.

3.   Government officials say the regulations will make Korean companies more financially sound by preventing them from aggressively investing overseas using borrowed money.

4.   Pension spending has increased because the state has deliberately chosen to speed up its pension funding schedule, a move that was applauded as fiscally sound by Wall Street.

5.   WestLB said the project had been approved as environmentally sound by independent auditors and that a team including non-governmental associations would supervise the construction.