11.   As for Medicaid, legislators simplified the process for qualifying, which in turn will expand the number of people who receive it.

12.   As they see it, it would reward lawlessness, increase illegal immigration, and expand the number of people eligible for social welfare programs.

13.   Babel Fish, the popular computer-based translator owned by AltaVista, is expanding the number of languages it offers.

14.   Beginning intensively on Labor Day, the Dole campaign will work to expand those numbers.

15.   BellSouth said it expanded the number of wireless customers it has worldwide by a third.

16.   Big promoters like Don King have sharply expanded the number of fighters they send to once out-of-the-way places like Nashville.

17.   Borders also plans to work with Sprout to expand the number of book titles available on digital databases.

18.   -- The board will expand the number of trustees to nine from eight, adding a representative from a local municipality, who will be appointed by the governor.

19.   A combination could help Marriott to focus on its plans to expand the number of hotels it owns or operates worldwide, analysts said.

20.   A combination would also allow Marriott to focus on its plans to expand the number of hotels it owns or operates worldwide, analysts said.