21.   Yet despite the diplomatic dividends, the mounting cost of sea rescues is a growing Australian concern.

22.   Other countries have dropped or cut back plans for breeder reactors because of the mounting costs and hazards of using plutonium.

23.   Airlines have increased their fares by large amounts in order to cope with mounting costs in dollars.

24.   He also promised Republican scrutiny of the mounting costs of U.S. operations in Haiti and U.S. assistance to North Korea.

25.   MOSCOW -- The mounting costs of crushing the rebellion in the breakaway republic of Chechnya could hobble post-Soviet economic reform in Russia, an economist and Russian officials say.

26.   Mounting costs are also now raising questions in Congress.

27.   She said the losses were due to mounting operating costs, such as aircraft and traffic servicing, and a decline in the passenger and cargo load.

28.   The commission has come under increasing criticism in recent weeks from banks concerned about the mounting cost of the investigation and the prospect of it being extended.

29.   The mounting costs of crushing the rebellion in the breakaway republic of Chechnya could hobble post-Soviet economic reform in Russia, an economist and Russian officials say.

30.   The mounting cost of care, which was fully subsidized by the Soviet government, has aggravated health problems.