71.   Fears for the safety of the other four have increased since Monday, when nearly daily contact between the abductors and Indian government negotiators broke off.

72.   Golzarri, whose counters were stacked with boxes of PVC pipe from Sylmar, Calif., said sales had actually increased since December.

73.   GOVERNMENT interference in the economy has increased since the handover, according to a survey of senior executives.

74.   He said narcotics smuggling has significantly increased since then.

75.   Land disputes involving peasants have increased since a guerrilla uprising in southern Mexico last January.

76.   Kansteiner said cooperation between U.S. and Sudanese officials had increased since the attacks.

77.   Lentzsch said bus travel is safer than alternatives such as air or rail travel, and he said Greyhound had increased security since the terrorist attacks.

78.   Many consumers, particularly housewives, lamented the price of basic foods which had sharply increased since Friday.

79.   Many Islamic countries voiced concerns that bias against Muslims had increased since the attacks in New York and Washington.

80.   Military action has increased since a ceasefire between Croatian and Serb forces expired Monday.