That would mean growth rates of 5 percent a year - a pace rarely seen in the United States in the past two decades.

At the same time, the demand for oil is running at a pace not seen since 1978.

In searching for a business model that works, airlines are dropping some flights and routes while picking up others at a hectic pace rarely seen before.

The changes occurred at a pace rarely seen in such giant swirling storms.

He is keeping up a pace more often seen in a general election in the fall than in the primaries.

The state of the art of Web browsers is today moving forward at pace not seen since the late 1990s.

Finance charges for buying new cars and trucks spiked upward this spring at a pace not seen since 1988, a Labor Department economist said today.

Finance charges for buying new vehicles jumped this spring at a pace not seen since 1988, the Labor Department reported.

But the Government's supply is being drawn down at a pace not seen for years.

The rise in home prices has slackened to the slowest pace seen since 1998, according to government reports.