1.   That idea, once dismissed as nonsense, keeps gaining momentum.

2.   Also gaining momentum among teachers is what educator Susan Barrett calls brain-compatible learning.

3.   Consumer spending, which weakened during the summer, started gaining momentum in the fall, supported by sales of autos and other durable goods, he said.

4.   In New York yesterday, Treasuries were steady as traders looked for signs of whether the Fed will raise rates next week to keep inflation from gaining momentum.

5.   Now the challenge is to keep gaining momentum among personal computer makers, cell phone makers and communications equipment manufacturers, which are some of its most important customers.

6.   One theory gaining momentum among educators is that rigid compartmentalization can be avoided if we encourage young children in big- and small-picture thinking, says Casey.

7.   The kid was rolling, gaining momentum, feeling it, having fun.

8.   A plan that would offer dividends to taxpayers, much like public companies pay to their shareholders, is gaining momentum among union leaders.

9.   But just as the project was gaining momentum, Bramwell was run out of the building by crack dealers.