1.   And the drug companies that make the lucrative elixirs report booming sales.

2.   Because of this conundrum, experts say the industry will have to change fundamentally if it wants to recreate the booming sales of days past.

3.   Behind the booming sales, most industry experts agree, are the falling prices and rising sales of big-screen television.

4.   Behind the booming sales, most industry experts agree, are the falling prices and rising sales of big-screen televisions.

5.   Booming advertising sales and unexpectedly stable newsprint prices have newspaper executives brimming with optimism and analysts boosting third-quarter earnings estimates for many companies.

6.   Booming sales of mobile phones also helped lift earnings.

7.   Booming sales of mobile telecommunications equipment and semiconductors helped Kyocera Corp. more than double its net profit from worldwide operations in the half-year to September.

8.   After years spent basking in the sun of booming sales, makers of personal computers are finding their industry to be a cold, cheerless place.

9.   But he did not expect booming sales Friday.

10.   But he did not expect booming sales on Friday.