The Bears are part of a boomlet in minor league baseball.

Since then, of course, there has been a boomlet in mezzo-sopranos.

The population boomlet has strained the limits of the compound.

The latest merger boom may turn out to be just a boomlet.

One result of that increase in business is a boomlet in hotel building.

"But the current boomlet is not a forever story."

Interest in an American perspective on world events has also enjoyed a boomlet, although, once again, at irregular hours.

His efforts, however brave, could not have served the renewed Perot boomlet.

This year was to bring a boomlet of independents.

Whether an Edwards boomlet was in the making was unclear.

He expects a boomlet for Christmas and another in January.

There are more seniors than there once were because of the baby boomlet.

This so-called baby boomlet is the result of many people in the huge baby-boom generation finally having their own children.

The number of women in political office, after a brief boomlet in the 1980's, has been declining.

The timing on the sales boomlet is no coincidence.

The boomlet can largely be laid to simple economics.

The last network to perpetuate growth in recent years was Fox, but that boomlet could not be sustained.

And investors in 1987 had a boomlet of their own, pouring record sums into mutual funds.

And a boomlet in its stock last week, fueled by takeover speculation, quickly burst.

A few years ago, there was a heart-healthy boomlet in hot dogs made with chicken and turkey.

But after a little reform produced a little boomlet, he backed off doing the really hard stuff.

So what happened to the baby boomer retail boomlet?

"This has been a highly speculative boomlet driven by technical trading and the war talk," he said.

The message has started a Brown boomlet in Michigan.

The problem was that this boomlet was not matched by improved business confidence.