21.   Gross domestic product figures for the January-March period, which could be released as early as Friday, will show the economy boomed before the tax increases.

22.   In short, while the economy is booming, worker gains are down.

23.   Indeed, as the economy boomed and the stock market soared, consumer confidence reached heights never seen before.

24.   Its economy is booming but its problems are enormous and growing.

25.   Meanwhile, the U.S. economy has boomed throughout this decade.

26.   New figures show the economy is booming along.

27.   Now the auto maker finds itself running out of popular models even as the economy is booming, unemployment is low and people are buying lots of light trucks.

28.   Now that the economy is booming, he speculates that owners see the opportunity to make up for those leaner years.

29.   Now its economy is booming and crime has been cut to levels that once seemed unimaginable.

30.   Nor do power-plant scrubbers or space stations or antimissile defenses -- all of which drain resources from other productive activities when the economy is booming.