51.   For Au Bon Pain, the Compass deal offers a second chance at rapid expansion.

52.   For the Republicans, pushing for rapid NATO expansion, when President Clinton wants to go slow, is a way of painting Clinton as soft on Russia.

53.   For Medaphis, the loss of status as a Wall Street favorite threatens to end its rapid expansion through acquisitions, mostly with stock.

54.   Forget about rapid expansion, forget about trade shows, forget about the Small Business Administration.

55.   Germany, this time, is skittish about any rapid expansion of Western power toward the East.

56.   He attributes the rapid expansion, especially in the last five years, to changing real estate fortunes in the Lone Star State.

57.   Gradual growth, rather than rapid expansion, is the best way to go.

58.   He favors a rapid expansion of NATO to the Baltic nations and other former Soviet satellite countries like Poland, a plan that Moscow sharply opposes.

59.   He noted that Chevron has several advantages, including being able to learn from the mistakes of Boston Market, which has had difficulty handling its rapid national expansion.

60.   He said the device keeps people from overfilling their gas tanks, which can cause cars to explode due to the rapid expansion of the gasoline.