1.   After the Civil War, when the great industrial rolling mills were established in the Midwest, local flour mills began to close.

2.   After the Producer Price Index was released, the rumor mill began to crank up.

3.   Jobs have been hard to find in Gary for a long time, ever since the steel mills began to cut back a generation ago.

4.   Soon, textile mills began to tap into this new fashion market, developing variations of the print in new color combinations strictly for fashion statements.

5.   The speculation mill began to rev up and spit out names like Sen. Bill Bradley, Sen. Bob Kerrey and House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.

6.   This newfound efficiency and quality will have increasing importance in coming years as the new mills begin opening in this country.

7.   Until the local paper mill began cranking up to meet a growing export market a year ago, many were desperate.

8.   When the steel mill began laying off workers a decade ago, rising unemployment led to mushrooming street crime, drug abuse, and gang violence.

9.   Then, after he bitterly disappointed his supporters by refusing to run, the rumor mills began focusing on a vice presidential bid.