1.   Losses mounted rapidly and ICI Fibres was forced to take painful and far-reaching decisions as its only hope of survival.

2.   And as the losses mounted, tempers got hot.

3.   And their losses mounted Saturday.

4.   As losses mount, players begin to point fingers at the coaches and one another.

5.   As losses mounted, so did delinquent payments.

6.   As the losses mount for USC, players are wondering what goals are left for the rest of the season.

7.   As the losses mounted, attendance began to wane.

8.   At USC, head coach Paul Hackett cracks a joke about how you know the losses are mounting when luncheon meat replaces hot dishes in the weekly media buffet.

9.   All the while, revenues declined and losses mounted.

10.   But profits proved elusive and losses mounted.