11.   Despite the mounting problems for existing fountains, the city shows no sign of scaling back on new fountain construction.

12.   He inherits a country with few friends in the international financial community, bitter political opposition, and mounting problems with drugs and street crime.

13.   His departure follows a year of criticism of his pay rise and his management of a company with mounting financial problems and a worsening service record.

14.   In Silicon Valley and throughout corporate America, protecting corporate trade secrets is a mounting problem, according to lawyers, executives and law enforcement officers.

15.   It is urgent for governments to do everything they can to punish fraud and end the widespread practice of ignoring mounting problems.

16.   Jagger, in the news for his mounting legal problems with his estranged wife, Jerry Hall, seemed particularly eager to release some pent-up energy.

17.   Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Prodi have economies in trouble and mounting social problems.

18.   Jordan said he hopes the Molina donation and others can help train more researchers to work on mounting environmental problems in Third World and developing countries.

19.   Last week, a group of top government officials, known as the Federal Networking Council, met in Washington to discuss how to fix the mounting problem.

20.   Mounting problems for state unemployment accounts across the nation are revealed in a new study by the Employment Policy Foundation.