41.   American Buildings reported lower sales and earnings in the first half of this year, however, compared with rapid growth at NCI Building.

42.   Although Wilson acknowledges no wrongdoing at Lexington House, she says the rapid growth made it difficult to hire competent staff and adequately train them.

43.   And for an acquirer, buying a troubled company can be very attractive, because rapid growth is easier to achieve than in a more stable, profitable operation.

44.   Analysts said the results bode well for rapid growth at Trident.

45.   And as chief executive of an Internet company, Levin, will face for the first time the brutal pace of change and expectations of rapid growth.

46.   And as the company gets bigger, the acquisitions it needs to maintain its rapid growth have to become bigger -- and more expensive.

47.   And if rapid growth continues into next year, the Fed would feel even more compelled to respond to accumulating evidence of an economy pushing past its productive limits.

48.   And rapid growth has strained area schools.

49.   And the company faces an increasingly heated battle over whether it should be permitted to continue expanding into related businesses to maintain its rapid growth.

50.   And the company has experienced rapid growth.