21.   Companies are launching stock buybacks and declaring stock splits as their shares reach records even as concern mounts that U.S. stocks may be overvalued.

22.   Concern is mounting about the future earnings of Cia. Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela.

23.   Concern is mounting slowly.

24.   Concern is mounting that the dockworkers will strike tomorrow, as planned, if no accord is reached.

25.   DUTCH stocks fell, led by Philips Electronics NV, as concern mounted that failing economic health in the Asia-Pacific region may cut into sales and profits.

26.   Florida stocks fell this week, paced by Outback Steakhouse Inc., as concerns mounted that a retailing slump would extend into the restaurant industry.

27.   In recent years, concerns have mounted about whether auditors are truly independent of their clients.

28.   International concern mounted that this could be an escalation that gets out of hand.

29.   Johnson never opened his eyes as he was carried out and the concern for him mounted as his handlers looked on helplessly back in his locker room.

30.   Lumber futures soared as concern mounted that violent storms in the Pacific Northwest will shrink available supplies.