61.   Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been under mounting pressure from the United States and from some members of his own coalition government to ease restrictions on Palestinian areas.

62.   Schwab is responding to mounting pressures felt across the brokerage industry as the long boom has given way to a bear market.

63.   Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, yielding to mounting pressure, said the Senate will open debate tomorrow on legislation to overhaul campaign financing laws.

64.   Several companies have lowered their drug prices in response to mounting public pressure.

65.   Since Israeli troops released Arafat earlier this month from virtual arrest in his besieged Ramallah headquarters, he has faced mounting pressures on all fronts.

66.   Specter and others said the mounting pressure had been extremely effective.

67.   Some of the OPEC nations also are beginning to bristle at the mounting U.S. pressure.

68.   Sooner or later the mounting pressure will push out the plug.

69.   Still, the New York lawsuit comes at a time of mounting legal pressure against gun producers.

70.   Teachers faced mounting pressure to overhaul tenure, with some critics calling for mandatory periodic testing for teachers to remain certified.