11.   At this time last year, Southern was dealing with an unprecedented run-up in national wholesale electricity prices, triggered when Midwesterners ramped up air conditioners all at once.

12.   Bernabucci said that number could double this year, and a marketing campaign ramps up this winter.

13.   Bill Bradley has embraced the idea of swaps, and George W. Bush has called for the administration to pressure Saudi Arabia to ramp up OPEC production levels.

14.   Both sides are ramping up election campaigns.

15.   A Boston company called Acallto.com is ramping up its service with new features this fall.

16.   A surge of orders soon turned into a flood, and Dell immediately ramped up production at its plant in Austin, Texas.

17.   Africa remains an important source, while other potential suppliers are ramping up production.

18.   After getting slapped around by politicians and the media in the past few months, the company is reluctantly ramping up its presence on Capitol Hill.

19.   After getting slapped around by politicians, government regulators and the media in the past few months, the company is reluctantly ramping up its presence on Capitol Hill.

20.   But it is his role in ramping up the consumer and small-business that Vice Chairman Kevin Rollins emphasized Tuesday.