11.   GOP Southerners in that body, however, showed a remarkable consistency, rejecting gun-control amendments despite the growing alarm over gun shootings in schools.

12.   It reflected a growing alarm that growth is stalling across much of Europe and needed a boost by lowering the cost of borrowing.

13.   Over the years, Lewin has watched with growing alarm as his book has turned into a cult classic on the political right.

14.   Some people in Washington have watched with growing alarm as the entitlement problem worsened.

15.   The expanding dimensions of the airport, not to mention the sentiments behind it, contribute to growing alarm within the Israeli government.

16.   The growing alarm is in part a matter of perception in a metropolis that used to be safer, at least for the monied classes.

17.   The party rank-and-file watched with growing alarm as President Clinton seemed to get all the credit for balancing the budget and cutting taxes.

18.   The watchful mother looks on with growing alarm.

19.   Despite signs of growing peace, human rights experts were expressing growing alarm about the treatment of Muslims and Croats in Serb-held areas in recent weeks.

20.   Experts claim that everything is under control, but their words are failing to check growing alarm and anger.