41.   He predicted strong expansion will continue this year.

42.   In a closed universe, the expansion would continue until gravity from the mass of matter canceled the outward force and the motion reversed directions.

43.   Moderate expansions have continued in Austria, Belgium and Sweden.

44.   Still, NATO expansion has continued to irk nationalist forces in Russia.

45.   There is an excellent chance the remarkably durable economic expansion will continue for the remainder of this year with only a mild increase in inflation, analysts said.

46.   Expansion continued in Asia, it added.

47.   The US economic expansion should continue into the foreseeable future, an annual report on the economy released by the White House said Monday.