11.   It would be too much to say they created the boom.

12.   That has created a boom in subprime lending during the past two years, and means consumers often wind up paying more for everything from mortgages to credit cards.

13.   The boom has been created in part by the growing number of lines dedicated to facsimile machines and Internet connections.

14.   This has helped create a boom in the bond market, bringing down bond prices from their worrisome highs in February.

15.   When computers promised to deliver an electronic office, instead they created a boom for the paper business.

16.   But it also has created a boom for merchants who import or smuggle goods across the porous borders.

17.   Such issues have created a boom in bioethics.

18.   The influx of visitors created a boom for hotels in Stockholm.