21.   And although Secret Service officers are strictly instructed not to discuss what they see and hear around the West Wing, gossip spreads like kudzu.

22.   And I talked about it with my barber, and you tell him anything it spreads like wildfire.

23.   And limiting liability is likely to spread like wildfire in the industry, he contended.

24.   And suddenly, a new economic vitality spread like wildfire throughout the country.

25.   And that intelligence spreads like a light through the body.

26.   And the boom in Southeast Asia has hit a brick wall, with the currency crisis that started in Thailand spreading like jungle thatch.

27.   As could be expected, the Sprint news spread like a contagion, sending down the shares of just about every big U.S. communications carrier.

28.   As for the Click of Death, it is one of those stories that spread like wildfire in Usenet groups and on the Web.

29.   As the gaff closed in, their fins spread like spikes and they gave one last thrashing surge.

30.   As word of the victory spread like fire, confidence in George Washington and the revolutionary cause revived.