21.   And many department stores could slash prices as they face more pressure from discounters and specialty chains.

22.   And, like most towns on the Jersey Shore, the Wildwoods are facing development pressure.

23.   And theater chains continue to face added pressure from new forms of home entertainment.

24.   And with inflation low, the Federal Reserve will face little pressure to increase short-term interest rates when the economy does rally.

25.   And, like the other Europeans, Germany faces pressure to maintain fiscal discipline as the planned introduction of a single currency gets nearer.

26.   And with Europe having won the last two Ryder Cups, the United States will arrive in Brookline facing extra pressure.

27.   Andrade is facing the pressure that comes with playing in his home area, before people who knew him growing up.

28.   Arafat faces intense pressure at home to hold strong against American pressure to compromise.

29.   Arafat faced new pressure of his own on Monday as a group announced the formation of a new party to oppose him.

30.   As long as investors will snap up money-losing companies in IPOs, entrepreneurs face little pressure to produce black ink.