51.   Summit, like other U.S. banks, is expanding through mergers and is boosting businesses such as mutual funds, corporate trust and corporate finance services.

52.   The accord between Conrail and CSX continues a trend by railroads to expand through acquisitions and mergers.

53.   The company will expand through direct mail solicitiations of new customers, marketing partnerships with other companies and acquisitions, he said.

54.   The company has also expanded through joint ventures in Argentina, China, Chile, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates.

55.   The company plans to expand through acquisitions, although none are pending, the filing said.

56.   The French government has done the same, a move which has obliged French supermarket companies to expand through acquisitions at home and to develop abroad.

57.   The elder Rocha opened a dry goods store with a six-foot front and expanded through company cash-flow.

58.   The investment is the latest move by Boeing to expand through joint ventures into areas related to its core business of manufacturing commercial jets.

59.   The maker of Kleenex is known for expanding through new product development and small acquisitions, rather than large acquisitions.

60.   The outbreak quickly expanded through the Four Corners region, into Colorado, Arizona and Utah.