31.   The situation was further aggravated when Young lost his starting spot at second base on Friday.

32.   This year, the president aggravated the situation by firing the president of Petroleos de Venezuela and installing his own board of directors.

33.   Yeh and other Taiwan officials, apparently careful not to inflame a delicate situation, refrained from accusing China of deliberately aggravating the situation.

34.   Wolf and others said that placing ratings on these series would only aggravate the situation.

35.   People arriving from the affected region say the situation is aggravated by clashes between militiamen loyal to Mogadishu warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid and those of the Rahawein Resistance Army.

36.   Plummeting temperatures that followed heavy rain aggravated the situation because water spread quickly over frozen earth, experts told the daily Evenimentul Zilei.

37.   A member of Parliament also criticized the congressional decision, saying it aggravated the situation in the Middle East.

38.   A non-payments crisis has also aggravated the situation.

39.   A separate safety report found that the controller managing the situation had acted correctly by not giving the Fokker any instructions, as it might have aggravated the situation.

40.   Acting firmly alone would not solve the problem and could even aggravate the situation.