31.   But Wiley has quietly grown through a number of small acquisitions.

32.   By the time people know they are present, they have grown all the way through to the paint on the surface.

33.   Cattel also said that the company plans to grow through expansion, mergers and acquisitions.

34.   Chairman Robert M. Devlin said the strategy of growing through acquisitions is powering earnings.

35.   Carriers can also grow through mergers, and investors may see a profit opportunity there, too.

36.   Charlotte, North Carolina-based NationsBank has grown through acquisitions of other commercial banks and so far has been unsuccessful in buying an investment bank.

37.   Coho itself has grown through acquisitions, then proving that the acquired properties had far more oil than the sellers thought.

38.   Computer Sciences has also grown through acquisitions, especially of companies that serve the financial services industry.

39.   Conrades thought he recognized the key to growing through the Internet, the burgeoning amalgam of computer networks.

40.   Exchange and even solidarity among the three ethnic groups seems to have grown through the sharing of music, traditions and talk over the airwaves.