111.   In the space of six years, the bloated federal government will have grown by nearly one-fifth.

112.   It grew by opening new facilities and acquiring failing independent operations.

113.   It continues to grow by a few hundred panels each month.

114.   It has grown by buying property from major integrated oil companies that were leaving the United States and by taking advantage of distress sales when commodity prices were depressed.

115.   It has grown by acquisitions and has benefited from a strong economy in its territory, primarily California and other Western states.

116.   It just grew by word of mouth.

117.   It may be easier for Merrill to grow by acquisition outside the U.S. than to build businesses on its own.

118.   It turned out to be Jasminum polyanthum, growing by the window.

119.   It has grown by efficiently assembling and distributing technology developed by the Intel and Microsoft corporations and others.

120.   Jackson said he might buy shares of Carmel, Indiana-based insurer Conseco Inc., which is growing by acquiring other insurers.