1.   And so the borrowing binge goes on.

2.   Armed with ambitious expansion plans, companies went on a borrowing binge through most of the last decade.

3.   Ending the federal borrowing binge that will burden our children.

4.   That borrowing binge has left a bad aftertaste following the August devaluation of the rupiah.

5.   That set off a borrowing binge, with much of the money flowing into property.

6.   The borrowing binge is matched by a savings slump, which makes many economists act cranky and depressed.

7.   The borrowing binge that has taken place in America on the assumption of ever-rising profits and share prices may seem especially unwise as growth slows.

8.   They need the money to repay debt stemming from a borrowing binge earlier in the decade when ambitious expansion plans overruled common sense.