41.   Election-year violence has long been common in Jamaica, but a recent boom in the number of illegal arms entering the Caribbean country have raised the stakes.

42.   Sales of tortilla and blue corn chips have also benefited from a recent boom in Tex-Mex cuisine throughout Northern Europe.

43.   The government, however, has shrugged off the complaints about a major part of a recent boom in mining investment here.

44.   A recent boom in commodity prices should allow developing countries to improve their fiscal positions before the inevitable bust that will follow, the World Bank said Wednesday.

45.   Engel said he hoped the championship will boost the popularity of Test cricket which he feels has suffered during the recent boom of interest in one-day internationals.

46.   Sakakibara issued the warning in connection with the recent boom in popularity of high-yielding dollar-denominated securities among individual investors in Japan.

47.   The crime has attracted widepread attention here by throwing a rare spotlight on the recent Japanese boom in S and M clubs.