31.   Shares fell on mounting concern that higher interest rates will stop consumers from taking out loans.

32.   Stress is a mounting concern.

33.   Stock fund losses increased today, as markets around the world were battered by mounting concern about the deepening economic crisis in Asia.

34.   Stocks were held back by mounting concern that the Fed will raise overnight bank lending rates tomorrow, for the second time this year.

35.   The crowding that the diversions reflect has been a mounting concern nationally for more than a year.

36.   The developments underscored the mounting concern about a threat that a few weeks ago seemed hypothetical.

37.   The Dow industrials have been unable to eclipse records set in early August amid mounting concern that earnings may not match expectations through the end of the year.

38.   The incidents contributed to a climate of mounting concern in Germany over anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant violence by rightist groups.

39.   The news sent bank stocks tumbling amid mounting concern that more consumers will fail to repay their loans.

40.   The pace of equity mutual fund buying slowed this month amid mounting concerns about the health of the U.S. stock market, fund companies said.