1.   A lead turned into a deficit and then the deficit expanded to unwieldy proportions, and a potentially profound victory turned into just another horrible disappointment.

2.   After a steep fall in February, the U.S. trade deficit expanded widely in March, producing a record first-quarter gap, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

3.   But it eventually proved a straitjacket for the economy, with exporters finding it harder to sell their goods, unemployment starting to climb and deficits expanding.

4.   But with every oooh and aaah Americans utter Tuesday night, the trade deficit will expand by another couple hundred dollars.

5.   Stephen Roberts, economist at UBS Australia, said the risk now is that the merchandise trade deficit expands.

6.   The attack generated concern that the country would pay more for its oil needs, at a time when its trade deficit has been expanding.

7.   The deficit expands like an exploding supernova with an incipient Black Hole in its middle.

8.   The deficit expands rapidly as unemployed Americans stop paying taxes and put much heavier demands on government services.

9.   The dollar was little changed amid concern it could drop if the U.S. trade deficit with the rest of the world expanded in October, traders said.

10.   The services deficit will expand partly because Japanese tourists continue to spend money overseas, a ministry official said.