11.   Corporate America is on a buying binge.

12.   Cramer said the Net connection is earned, not an attempt to capitalize on the current buying binge in Net stocks.

13.   For its own European buying binge, Wal-Mart refused to specify where it will strike next.

14.   Like many other newly arrived Communists in America, Jiang is expected to go on a buying binge.

15.   Like a credit card customer, the United States seems on the verge of ending its buying binge.

16.   McDonnell Douglas has been the laggard in the group, missing out on the buying binge in part because it has a limited selection of models.

17.   Overloaded with debt from its buying binge, EM.TV was forced to seek a rescue from the Kirch Group, a media conglomerate also based in Germany.

18.   Republic, led by its billionaire chairman, Wayne Huizenga, has been on a buying binge for new-car dealerships.

19.   Republic also has been on a buying binge for new-car dealerships.

20.   Since that time, the firm has trimmed its debt and gone on a buying binge.