31.   Our local economy is booming.

32.   Other buyers replaced aging items snapped up a decade ago when the economy was booming.

33.   Others decided it was time to replace aging items bought a decade ago, when the economy was booming.

34.   Rates are rising because the British economy is booming.

35.   Rather than any revolutionary future, many farmers here are wishing for a return to the recent past, when the economy was booming and prices were low.

36.   Push the right policy buttons, they say, and presto, the economy will boom.

37.   Scariest of all, the psychology professor said, is that the population of street kids in Seattle is increasing even though the economy is booming.

38.   So successful was Clinton at sticking to these core issues that the economy boomed and he was reelected handily.

39.   Still, no matter what our heads tell us about how the economy is booming, our hearts sink when we get those pink slips.

40.   That is a welcome rebuff to protectionist impulses that remain strong even while the American economy is booming.