51.   And Ross had found a kindred spirit in sneakers, someone who could ripen into a basketball force once his coordination caught up with his rapid growth rate.

52.   And some economists are trying to figure out how transportation never seems to grow, despite the rapid growth in the economy.

53.   And some wonder whether the rapid growth might taper off, were Wall Street to demand that Internet companies ever turn a profit.

54.   And the rapid growth of legalized gambling across the country means the climate is right, they say.

55.   Another concern was the rapid growth in loans to real estate investment trusts.

56.   Another positive sign for disposable phone makers is the rapid growth of the prepaid wireless market.

57.   Anything that stalls the rapid growth of the PC industry would hit Intel hard.

58.   Another year of such rapid growth would probably cause real strains in the industrial heartland that stretches from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast.

59.   As a result, there has been rapid growth in flights from smaller East Coast cities, like Pittsburgh, to Europe.

60.   As evidence mounts that the economy is hitting the brakes, stocks that depend on rapid growth appear to be the most vulnerable.