21.  Big defense contractors boosted revenues by acquiring other companies and cutting costs.

22.  Big defense spending boost seems inevitable.

23.  Bush budget will seek big defense increase and economic package,

24.  But that was when it still hoped that the cease-fire would yield big defense savings.

25.  In those days, big defense budgets allowed the Pentagon to spend millions to develop products that would have narrow, military applications.

26.  The markets rode the rollercoaster in early trade Friday as investors reviewed a new set of technology sector research notes and a big defense industry takeover offer.