1.   Crews used booms to contain a large oil spill on the river.

2.   Besides working to clear the beaches, officials also prepared to use floating booms to protect environmentally fragile areas.

3.   The plan approved by Reno called for the slow and deliberate introduction of tear gas through compound windows, if possible, using booms on the military vehicles.

4.   The Pacific island nation could use a boom in tourism to carry its economy into the next century.

5.   Coast Guard pollution control teams were using booms to prevent the oil from spreading into the beach.

6.   The plan, approved by Reno called for FBI agents to use tank booms to gradually insert tear gas in the building.

7.   The Reno-approved plan called for FBI agents to use tank booms to gradually insert tear gas in the building.

8.   The two cosmonauts used a boom to shift the reusable battery from one module of the Mir ship to another for installation.