Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of internet retailers.

without upgrades and new capacity, bridges, roads and power systems are unable to cope with expanding populations.

Expanding the three-year option may be difficult, but it may be less difficult than asking Congress for additional financial help, asking legislators for more state support, or asking students even higher tuition payments.

As conservation areas become smaller, lions are increasingly coming into contact with human populations, which are expanding to the boundaries of these protected areas.

Building on a Soviet-era foothold, Russia is expanding its monitoring stations for Glonass, its version of the Global Positioning System GPS.

Some have 26 vanished from the face of the earth, others are dying slowly, but all have 27 undergone changes as they have come into contact with an 28 expanding machine civilization.

The wireless age is expanding to include not just our phones, tablets, and laptops, but also our cars, homes, and even whole communities.