1.   And there were other tumors, too, ones that had grown since my last checkup scan a few months earlier.

2.   And those numbers have probably grown since then, as more companies emphasize global operations that require people working around the clock.

3.   Awareness of after-tax returns has grown since then, trumpeted most effectively by Vanguard Group.

4.   But demand for other stocks has grown since last week, sending many prices higher.

5.   But Musharraf, whose political position has grown firmer since his cooperation with the United States, has discounted pro-Taliban protests.

6.   But their numbers have grown since the end of the Cold War, along with their access to the means for causing mass destruction.

7.   Congress has forced entitlements to grow since the Nixon era in the face of skepticism if not opposition from Presidents Reagan and Bush.

8.   Concern for their safety has grown since Serb rockets exploded just outside Kukes two weeks ago.

9.   Crawford said the number and percentage of female givers to the RNC have grown since then.

10.   Current rumors aside, the relationship between Gingrich and Dole has grown since their arms-length beginning.