21.   Then came the booms of replying Israeli cannons and the low whine of their shells slicing through the air.

22.   This boom in motorboats comes at the same time sales of cheaper motorboats and personal watercraft are surging across the country.

23.   Yes, the U.S. boom will come to an end, as will ours.

24.   Ross Walker, economist at Royal Bank of Scotland, said he did not think the consumer boom had come to an end.

25.   The real boom came during World War II, when Japanese-controlled poppy fields and German pharmaceutical laboratories became off-limits to the U.S. market.

26.   The boom in Lagadere came after a surprise announcement by the French government that it had been chosen as preferred buyer of Thomson.