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The National Association of Pension Funds estimated that its members, which hold about $1.2 trillion in assets, lost about 0.5 percent of assets since BP shares started their descent in April.

The popularity of her book partly reflects its sensitive subject -- the intimacy between the government and its big domestic creditors, notably the banks, which hold about 19percentt of all outstanding government bonds.

They are concerned that if all 30 S.I.V.'s, which hold about $320 billion in assets, began selling securities at once, prices would plummet and lead to a lending freeze.

Local banks and pension funds, which hold about $39 billion of the $66.7 billion in bonds eligible for the swap, may account for 90percentt of the transaction, analysts said.

Also, Dreamcast games are printed on GD-ROM's, which hold about one gigabyte of data, enough room for "extra" features.

Greece's private creditors, which hold about 206 billion euros, or $265 billion, in Greek bonds, are resisting accepting a lower rate.

The State Department said 40 members of the United States Embassy staff were on the vessel, which holds about 600 people.

That investigation continues, but Kazakhstan -- which holds about 88percentt of Central Asia's oil wealth -- has offered the United States use of its airspace and military bases for the war.

The Fornasetti archive, which holds about 13,000 pieces -- some of which are shown in "Fornasetti: The Complete Universe," out this month from Rizzoli -- is said to be one of the largest of its kind.

Mr. Williams and his two sons and son-in-law own the RCS Land Company, which holds about 5,000 acres of undeveloped land, and is subdividing and selling parcels of 1.5 acres or more for about $30,000 each to developers and investors.

Previous events in the White House music series, with jazz and country musicians, have taken place in the East Room, which holds about 120 people; a classical event on Nov. 4 will return there.