1.   Most tumors secrete hormones that stimulate new vessel growth around them, to speed delivery of oxygen-rich blood.

2.   Also, the Australian Wheat Board has asked farmers to speed deliveries of the harvest so it can ship wheat overseas.

3.   And with so few planes on order, manufacturers may offer bargains, which could speed up deliveries.

4.   Another problem has been that GPS-guided weapons are in short supply, though the Pentagon is scrambling to speed up deliveries.

5.   Bargain America has been allowed by the U.S. Postal Service to create what amounts to a substation for international shipping to minimize paperwork and speed delivery.

6.   Board officials say the competition will speed up delivery of freight.

7.   Akamai Technologies hit it right with a process to speed up delivery of content over the Internet.

8.   Akamai will use a new technology developed by MIT mathematicians to speed up delivery of pictures, video and sound over the Internet.

9.   CMGI Inc. is joining with Novell Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. to enter the growing market for services that speed data delivery over the Internet.

10.   Columns A hand-held stamp will let people imprint ZIP codes on envelopes in bar code, speeding delivery.