1.   And as the system grows, size helps.

2.   Being groomed to replace aging-but-fearless receiver John Taylor is rookie first-rounder J.J. Stokes, whose size should help him be equally courageous.

3.   Paine Webber has stepped up its search for an asset management firm, in part because size may help it evade some hungry predator.

4.   Size will also help insurance firms create computerized data systems that track diagnoses, treatments and prescriptions.

5.   Size also helps on Wall Street.

6.   Size also helps by giving publishers the leverage to see that both potential mega-best sellers as well as smaller books get some exposure, this person said.

7.   That sheer size may help Best Buy survive and flourish where others have failed.

8.   But some analysts were skeptical about whether size alone would help make the banks more competitive.

9.   Speaking on French radio after his appointment, De Chaisemartin ruled out a break-up of the Hersant empire, saying its size helped to safeguard its independence.