11.   If the technology boom continues, as many analysts expect, Merrill may now bear watching.

12.   It is an assertion that has lost some buoyancy as the economic boom continues to raise the incomes of most Americans.

13.   Last spring, producers and theater owners were ecstatic when all but one Broadway house was lighted, and some wondered whether the boom would continue.

14.   Meanwhile the boom will continue.

15.   Now forecasts show the boom will continue, putting the two counties among the hottest in the nation well into the next century.

16.   One candidate proposes huge tax cuts that will break the budget unless the long boom not only continues but accelerates.

17.   Parsons thinks there could be a bumper crop of bumping this summer because airlines are filling a record number of seats as the travel boom continues.

18.   That never did make any sense, but as long as the boom continued, it and other theories became more and more entrenched in the public mind.

19.   The boom will continue after the Olympics, said Jeffrey Humphreys, a University of Georgia economist.

20.   The building boom has continued even though the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled in July that the pacts were illegal because the governor did not consult with the Legislature.