21.   The increase is being fueled by purchases put on hold until after the elections and ahead of an increase in value-added taxes later this summer.

22.   The increase was fueled by high-capacity ISDN connections, which allow phone lines to be used for data as well as voice communications.

23.   The increase was fueled by rises in oil prices, strong chemical profit margins and lower operating costs.

24.   The increase has been fueled by strong profit and revenue growth, and supply agreements from leading phone companies like British Telecommunications Plc.

25.   The increase was fueled by gains in the South, Midwest, and West.

26.   The increase was fueled mainly by a boom in giving to Republican candidates.

27.   The increase was fueled by large sales by the U.S. and Quebec Province and lingering concern that inflation could accelerate.

28.   The increase was fueled by gains in the South, Midwest and West.

29.   The punitive tax increases intended to reduce tobacco consumption have fueled an increase in legal cheap imports and smuggled goods, undermining the market further, Davis said.

30.   The return of at least some of those people to the labor market is believed by economists to be what is fueling the unemployment increases that began last year.