21.   IXL is hardly alone on its acquisition spree.

22.   Knowing that Arnold was too small to attract national clients, Eskandarian went on an acquisition spree to bulk up, buying both ad agencies and direct marketing firms.

23.   Lycos has been on an aggressive acquisition spree, buying a series of smaller Internet sites to expand its audience.

24.   Quick to outgun rivals at the negotiating table, Barclay Knapp built a European cable empire through a dizzying acquisition spree.

25.   Rational was one of the best-performing stocks last year, as it undertook its own acquisition spree.

26.   Rivals are wondering if Dresdner and its subsidiary will soon play a major role in the European acquisition spree of Latin American banks.

27.   Since then he has been on an acquisition spree, consolidating all his media and sports holdings under one umbrella.

28.   StaffMark, which had been in the business of providing temporary workers, had piled up debt in an acquisition spree that included dozens of other companies.

29.   Talk about an acquisition spree.

30.   The acquisition spree by the Interpublic Group of Companies in New York is continuing with the purchases of an agency, an agency office and a corporate communications company.