"This is the only way that anyone would receive some compensation from a limited potential pool of funds."

But the response was tepid: The company ended up with about 50,000 customers, or 1 percent of a potential pool of five million accounts.

In 1944, Parks conducted a nationwide survey to see what features the potential pool of 70,000 new post-war pilots would want in a personal aircraft.

That eliminates a potential deep pool of revenues for the patent holders.

Androcide may happen during war to reduce an enemy's potential pool of soldiers.

The potential pool of applicants is relatively limited.

By not looking at Starfleet personnel, a large percentage of the potential suspect pool has remained a variable.

To do that, they'll need to muster roughly 250 first-place votes, from a potential pool of about 5,800 Oscar ballots.

Employers have a much bigger potential pool of voters to reach, since 87 percent of American workers do not belong to a union.

Combined with higher cash positions in many institutional portfolios, this process has created a potential pool of money that could be directed into stocks.