21.   The specialists said their immediate worry is what Pakistan will do.

22.   The biggest immediate worry is that demand in Japan shows no sign of recovering as the country slogs through its third recession in a decade.

23.   The immediate worry is that further layoffs will again shake consumer confidence and cause the hoped-for rebound to stall out.

24.   The immediate worry is that hikers may track fungi in on their shoes that cause root rot, which could kill the Wollemi Pines.

25.   Their immediate worry was Costa Rica, another World Cup veteran.

26.   With the panic over Mexico receding, the immediate worry facing finance ministers from major industrialized countries may be easing before they started meeting Friday evening.

27.   Researchers said such events were not cause for immediate worry, as man has learned to adapt to them, but should be the focus of future study.