51.   They were hit by mounting debts and the slowest economic growth in four years.

52.   Travelers Chairman Sanford I. Weill said in an interview that Commercial Credit is recovering from the loan delinquencies that plagued many lenders as consumers struggled under mounting debts.

53.   Unable to boost earnings, the company was hard pressed to raise financing to pay down mounting debt and make more acquisitions.

54.   Travelers Chairman Sanford I. Weill said in an interview that Commercial Credit is recovering from the loan delinquencies that plagued many lenders as consumers struggled under mounting debt.

55.   Until a few weeks ago, Hong Kong was largely immune from the weakening currencies and mounting debt that hammered stocks across Southeast Asia.

56.   Weakening currencies and mounting debts decimated their banking systems and cash reserves.

57.   Yet discouraging economics and mounting debts have at times forced Dave Fraleigh, an apple and peach grower, to ponder some distasteful strategies.

58.   Without that backing Mexico could not obtain the private-market loans to pay off it mounting debts.

59.   Pilipino Telephone, whose shares have been battered in recent days on concerns over its ability to pay its mounting debts, led the recovery Tuesday.