21.   Opponents contend that casinos will swell the ranks of problem gamblers, causing people to lose their homes, jobs and families.

22.   Osama fancies himself as a successor to the Prophet Muhammad, swelling the ranks of his religion and returning home in triumph.

23.   Other Wall Street firms, which along with Merrill had swelled their ranks on the fat profits of the rampant bull market, are expected to follow suit.

24.   Since a jobless person must be looking for work to qualify, those filing for federal benefits probably swelled the ranks of jobless persons classified as looking for work.

25.   So as baby boomers start to swell the ranks of the retired, airline officials and travel agents expect more global travelers.

26.   Some people worry that a German could rise up to tap the same anti-immigration sentiments that swelled the ranks of the Freedom Party.

27.   Subsequent waves of migrations from poor Indian states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh swelled the ranks of the homeless and subsistence populations.

28.   That means a roughly equal number of replacement workers during the strike will soon be swelling the ranks of the unemployed.

29.   That is especially true of young parents who have swelled the ranks of the Christian Coalition and other national conservative political organizations.

30.   The attack in March only served to ignite the population and swell the ranks of the rebel force.