11.   Conservatives raged against government bureaucracy and accused Democrats of wanting to swell the ranks of organized labor.

12.   DeLay has made it a mission to try to swell Republican ranks along the lobbying corridors and has hit a few rocky shoals because of it.

13.   Experts say one reason the rebels are so hard to fight is because leaders are able to keep swelling their ranks with promises of financial reward.

14.   Harvard Pilgrim is quickly swelling the ranks of its minority physicians, too.

15.   Indeed, numerous Turkish observers have suggested that repression will only swell the ranks of the PKK and its sympathizers.

16.   It may not be clear for a year or so whether existing ISPs will consolidate faster than new startups can swell the ranks of ISPs.

17.   It was the first protest held on a weekend and unions had hoped that private sector employees would join and swell the ranks of the demonstrators.

18.   It was this attempt to wipe out the rebels that triggered the current open revolt in the province and swelled the ranks of the guerrilla movement.

19.   Kurds from Iran, Iraq and Turkey, Romanians and Moldovans, Indians, Bangladeshis, Chinese, Mexicans and others swell their ranks.

20.   Mineta also told the FAA to study hiring additional inspectors and reassigning agents from other departments to further swell the ranks of airport inspectors.