1.  The oil shortage is bound to send prices up.

2.  Already there are bitter complaints that the deal will send prices soaring, while others argue the arrangement will damage the desert ecosystem from which it would be drawn.

3.  Although much of Asia remains mired in financial and economic problems, optimism sent stock prices soaring in Japan, Hong Kong and other parts of Asia.

4.  Analysts and fund managers said prospects for buoyant British company earnings and dividend growth in the second half of the year should send share prices higher.

5.  Analysts said that without the fuel provided by lower, or at least steady interest rates, investors may find little reason to send share prices higher.

6.  Analysts and traders said rates that high often lead to refinery problems, which could reduce production and send prices higher.

7.  And it occurred on a day when a sharp drop in commodity prices sent bond prices soaring and interest rates sharply lower.

8.  And stock investors have been on a buying binge, sending share prices up sharply in recent weeks.

9.  And of course the US economy grew vigorously, adding jobs and sending asset prices to record levels.

10.  And that, in turn, could send gasoline prices up, just as it did last spring.