41.   Far from creating a class of investigators immune from criticism, the law has led to political fighting that has grown through the years.

42.   Fleet has been under pressure to separate the position of president from that of chief executive, as the size of the company grew through acquisition.

43.   For many years, a tree grew through the wire fence around the garden, symbolic, Graham often said, of the persistence of art.

44.   From there, the client list grew through referrals and word of mouth.

45.   For Simon, the deal furthers its strategy of growing through acquisitions.

46.   Forced to look at similar proposals from the two big drug wholesalers, regulators could block both companies from growing through acquisitions, they said.

47.   Fred Meyer has been growing through acquisitions.

48.   Hasbro has grown through acquisitions, but those acquisitions had not been tidily integrated into a structure that could operate at maximum efficiency, Wall Street analysts have said.

49.   He grew through a leg injury that delayed his first season by more than two months.

50.   He said that support for statehood in Puerto Rico has grown through the years.