11.   After four years of double-digit growth, the semiconductor industry is asking whether it can defy gravity much longer.

12.   But ad guys on a creative tear transcend logic and often think they can defy gravity.

13.   But in addition to the practical difficulties of finding stock to borrow, investors could lose vast sums if the stocks continue to defy gravity.

14.   Dainty curlicues, called helictite, curl upward in ways that seem to defy gravity.

15.   Date a boy whose pants defy gravity, whose hair is longer than yours or who wears more jewelry than you.

16.   Defy gravity for party guests using cellophane, a bottle of root beer, a drink coaster and scissors.

17.   Even so, the ability of Internet stocks to defy gravity is a phenomenon that is shocking even to many of the professional analysts.

18.   For them, the Democrats are seeking to defy gravity when they assert that raising the minimum wage will be cost-free.

19.   For weeks, President Clinton has seemed like a stunt flier defying gravity.

20.   His creaky knees have lost a lot of spring, but he can still defy gravity just enough for an occasional turnaround jumper.