11.   That means the nation could still have double-digit unemployment when the current growth cycle evaporates, economists said.

12.   The damage would be worse for soybeans, which are still developing, than for corn, which has mostly completed its growth cycle and is awaiting harvest.

13.   The U.S. has been in a growth cycle for the past few years, but at a slower rate than metropolitan Phoe nix.

14.   What has been unique about this growth cycle for metro Phoenix is that the residential and commercial real estate markets have been in sync.

15.   Corn crops were of particular concern as they enter the crucial pollination phase of their growth cycle.

16.   It so disrupted the normal growth cycles of shrubs and trees that the plants eventually died out, depriving the huge birds and other animals of their primary food.

17.   Britain is ahead of the Continent in the growth cycle and decided to tighten monetary policy early, without waiting for strong inflationary pressures to surface.