31.   But even the once booming automotive industry has been badly battered over the past year, with sales and exports plummeting.

32.   Despite surging exports and a booming housing industry, Australia will suffer from the weakening U.S. economy and slowing global growth, Treasurer Peter Costello said Thursday.

33.   Gardiner said the agreement would allow both companies to take advantage of the booming Thai building industry.

34.   It was a booming industry, but still with enough of a frontier spirit to allow Keaton and others to work as they please.

35.   That makes Pizza the largest player in the booming industry, which has soared with the expansion of the middle class.

36.   The philanthropic efforts mark a significant change for the booming high tech industry, which was chided by President Clinton in October during a White House conference on philanthropy.

37.   Then there are artificial flowers, which must be a booming industry here because you can find them in virtually every home in Malaysia.

38.   A bitter dispute between church and state is intensifying here with religious leaders protesting about the booming gambling industry and a roulette-led recovery.