11.   Like the transition to a market economy, the tourism boom has had its ups and downs.

12.   Recent economic data suggest our current economic boom had its beginning with some of the Reagan policies but was propelled by other factors.

13.   So has the boom in gardening and the need to retreat from the hectic demands of work and technology, says Sean Conway, a gardening consultant for Target.

14.   Still, the housing boom has a demographic wind in its sails that Mankiw and Weil had not anticipated.

15.   That investment boom has had another powerful anti-inflation effect.

16.   The boom had ample strength, and the city had lots of room.

17.   The boom has far-reaching effects.

18.   The current venture capital boom has its downside, too.

19.   The financial boom has more than cushioned the decline of traditional industries like steel and agriculture.

20.   The hiring boom has had other effects on the makeup of the airline pilot population, according to Darby.