The three foreigners folded and began talking to each other.

And, as they recognize, foreigners have begun to do the same.

But many economists warned that if the dollar fell, foreigners would begin moving their money elsewhere.

"Where I come from, if foreigners came in and began digging up graves, they would never get out of the village alive," said one investigator.

And for a somewhat different reason, foreigners are also beginning to nibble at American stocks.

It was apparent that foreigners began taking part in the kingdom's politics.

That is, when does the debt become so big that foreigners begin to worry about getting their money back with a reasonable return?

But foreigners began to desert Wall Street even before stocks started to sell off early this year.

It would not be fun if foreigners began to invest the way they talk.

But the number of cases fell considerably, apparently in part because foreigners began taking greater precautions.