101.   Hospital chains like Columbia and Tenet Healthcare Corp. would have new opportunities to grow by acquiring weak nonprofit hospitals pushed under by the cutbacks.

102.   His legend grows by the day.

103.   I demanded, my suspicions growing by the second.

104.   If not, the jackpot would roll over to Saturday night and would grow by tens of millions of dollars.

105.   In one of the most bitter clashes, Lamar Alexander criticized Forbes for asserting in a commercial that the former Tennessee governor grew rich by using his political connections.

106.   In her letter Russell wrote that she had cut her long hair short, but that it would grow back by the fall.

107.   In the past three months, the roster of men for whom that description applies has grown by tragicproportions.

108.   Indeed, both companies have grown by selling long-distance service to business customers, but while MCI has focused on large corporations, WorldCom has targeted smaller companies.

109.   Insurance companies are growing by acquisitions.

110.   In the next few years alone, the school-age population is expected to grow by a rate five times greater than the national average.