61.   Although droughts are not unusual in the northeast, experts say El Nino has exacerbated the situation.

62.   Another of the protesters, Ryan Heath of the National Union of Students, accused police of exacerbating the situation by deploying the armed special unit.

63.   But others, especially those who work in U.N. humanitarian missions, believe that the commission has exacerbated the situation by pursuing a confrontational style.

64.   But others, especially those who work on U.N. humanitarian missions, believe the commission has exacerbated the situation with its confrontational style.

65.   For fear of exacerbating the situation, this writer initially avoided discussion of the subject.

66.   Nishantha Perera, a member of the Association of Aircraft Technicians, accused management of exacerbating the situation by locking out the technicians.

67.   Nishantha Perera, a member of the Association of Aircraft Technicians, accused the management of locking out the technicians out and exacerbating the situation.

68.   She worried that major student rallies scheduled to be staged in Jakarta from tomorrow might exacerbate the situation in the city.

69.   The absence of a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for nearly four months also exacerbated the situation.

70.   The phone call only exacerbated the situation.