21.   As a result, Macromedia is a direct beneficiary of the explosive growth in the market for home computers equipped with CD-ROM players.

22.   As e-commerce -- especially business-to-business dealing -- continues its explosive growth, these questions worry more and more business executives.

23.   As the computer revolution facilitates an explosive growth of new inventions and gadgetry, the United Staes Patent and Trademark Office may be undergoing a makeover.

24.   At the same time, the explosive growth in the Web marketplace is expected to continue.

25.   At the same time, the explosive growth in computing power has allowed the resulting mountains of data to be sifted like never before, public health officials say.

26.   At least that was the major reason behind explosive growth in worldwide personal computer shipments last year, according to an unpublished report by market researcher Dataquest Inc.

27.   Bankers expect the Slovak koruna Eurobond market to emulate the modest growth of the Czech koruna market, rather than the explosive growth in the rand market.

28.   Behind all these disputes is the need for both countries to fuel their explosive economic growth, analysts and company officials say.

29.   Brain science is widely believed to be on the brink of explosive growth, thanks to dramatic advances in imaging technology, computational power and molecular genetics.

30.   A few districts, particularly in Queens, have experienced explosive growth while schools in other parts of the city are only mildly cramped or even underpopulated.