31.   But pressure is mounting from the gun lobby and various members to amend the new crime bill so that the repeal would be included.

32.   But just as they did Saturday against Massachusetts when the pace slowed and the pressure mounted, the Wildcats endured, then counterpunched.

33.   But pressure mounted for him to talk about raising the minimum wage because of news reports of weakening GOP efforts to block a vote on the topic.

34.   But public pressure here is mounting.

35.   But the political pressure is mounting for the Koizumi government to stabilize the market by buying up shares.

36.   But this is his first postseason, and as the pressure mounts, his inner strength will be challenged accordingly.

37.   But they have to know the pressure is mounting.

38.   But the Palestinians are clearly not convinced, even as the Israeli military pressure mounts on Arafat in his compound in Ramallah.

39.   But the pressures are mounting.