A Protestant paramilitary group, the Ulster Defense Association, has been blamed by the police for organizing the current rash of riots.

Another fear is whether the current rash of proposals could saturate the market for housing for the elderly.

So Mr. Greenspan may bear some of the blame for the current rash of conspiracy theories surrounding the Fed's recent decision to cut interest rates.

Amid the current rash of anthrax scares, many people are deeply worried about bioterrorism.

However, in the current rash of trouble, delamination is not the culprit, Bowler said.

The current rash of iPod thefts resembles that of 8 Ball Jackets a few years ago.

"The current rash of buying is a land-grab for films and the people who make them," said Robert Routh, a media analyst at Jeffries & Company.

The current rash of constructed reality TV has set this series apart.

They did not, however, discuss movie rights, the fate of the novel or the current rash of memoirs.

The average take was $4,587, another indication that the current rash of bank jobs is the work of small-time crooks.