41.   Supermarket companies can get around it only by buying other French companies or expanding outside France.

42.   That means sticking to a strategy of expanding outside the U.S., bolstering the charge and credit card business and cutting costs.

43.   The acquisition helps WellPoint expand outside its core California market.

44.   The best way to improve returns on capital nowadays is to expand outside the mature markets in North America and Europe, where competition is most intense.

45.   The company expanded outside the Southeast and flies to Boston, Kansas City, and Detroit.

46.   The company said earnings have been dragged down by high start-up costs as the company slowly expands outside the U.S.

47.   The FBI has begun to expand outside the United States to investigate crimes against Americans overseas.

48.   The Film Society of Lincoln Center had not planned to expand outside the city.

49.   The other liberal party, Yabloko, bragged of expanding outside its big-city base.

50.   The problem, he added, is that there are only a small number of companies available for those who want to expand rapidly outside their own country.