1.   But, Durante said, the extra time increases the chances that Brandt can successfully reorganize Mercury without subjecting it to costly and time-consuming bankruptcy-law proceedings.

2.   Educating women increases the chances that a family will spend its income on the children.

3.   Gripping the saw with one hand instead of two increases the chances of kickback.

4.   If the Oregon quarterback goes in the top five choices, the chances increase of Dallas gaining one of the two impact defensive backs, most likely Williams.

5.   Known as diversion, the practice increases the chances that drugs will be spoiled by improper handling and makes them impossible to find in the case of a recall.

6.   Observations of newly formed stars in these systems suggest that many of them produce planets, which, he says, only increases the chances of alien life.

7.   Slower growth increases the chances the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again.

8.   That would increase the chance that contamination would be caught at an earlier stage, before dozens of people became sick.

9.   The abrupt retirement last night of Bank of Boston Corp. Chief Executive Ira Stepanian increases the chances the bank will soon be sold or find a merger partner.

10.   With those relatively new elements, combined with the traditional blunt means of settling hockey arguments, the chances increase for ethnic and racist outbursts.