101.   The parent company, Yamaichi Securities Co., collapsed last week under the burden of mounting debts aggravated by allegations of illegal trading and a slumping Tokyo stock market.

102.   The sharp depreciation of the rupiah has caused many companies to be technically bankrupt due to their mounting foreign debts.

103.   The territory Legislature, which is at odds with the governor over the mounting debt, recently launched its own audit of government finances.

104.   The workers claim the government has ignored farm closures and layoffs that resulted from plunging commodity prices and mounting debts.

105.   Thousands of disgruntled farmers marched into the capital on Wednesday, demanding more help in battling an agricultural crisis fueled by sagging crop prices and mounting debts.

106.   Thousands of striking farm workers descended on Buenos Aires late last month, calling on President Carlos Menem to lower taxes and help farmers fight mounting debts.

107.   Ukraine faces a mounting debt burden this year.

108.   Ukraine maintains it needs foreign aid to repay a mounting foreign debt before it can improve tax collection and introduce reforms needed to boost economic growth.

109.   Ukraine is pressed by a mounting debt burden but has little hope of finding new money for debt repayments.

110.   Ukraine maintains it needs foreign aid to repay its mounting foreign debt before it can improve tax collection and introduce reforms needed to boost economic growth.