31.   Players fail to graduate in alarming numbers.

32.   Plus, the decline in oil prices last winter prompted alarming numbers of operators to get out of the business, often leaving behind open wells.

33.   SOK, pronounced like what nonhippies wear on their feet, apparently came about because of the alarming number of teens killed in recent auto accidents.

34.   Store-bought pizza found its way to the table with increasing frequency, and we consumed an alarming number of portions of cold sesame noodles.

35.   The consequences show up in the alarming number of adolescent girls coping with eating disorders and depression.

36.   The decline in oil prices last winter prompted alarming numbers of operators to get out of the business, often leaving behind open wells.

37.   The taboo about contraceptives is responsible for the alarming number of teen-age pregnancies and the rapid spread of AIDS among the Latino population.

38.   We head back south and stop at the Kittery Trading Post where an alarming number of Yankees are walking around toting rifles.

39.   Young urban blacks are being destroyed in our streets, schools and jails in alarming numbers.

40.   Budget constraints on education have led to an alarming number of students dropping out of schools and colleges.