1.   Beyond the celebrity circuit, though, the death-penalty issue is raising the potential for an unusual coalition.

2.   A Florida judge allowed the state to add a racketeering claim in its lawsuit against the tobacco industry, raising the potential for higher damages.

3.   El Nino is gathering steam in the Pacific Ocean and raising the potential for worldwide havoc.

4.   Ideal temperatures and adequate rainfall in most of the Midwest boosted corn crop conditions last week, the government said, raising the potential for bumper autumn crop.

5.   In addition, intelligence officials said Wednesday a guilty verdict against Sheik Rahman and his co-defendants could raise the potential for an attack.

6.   It is widely acknowledged that data transferring within the system become unencrypted for a fraction of a second, raising the potential for abuse.

7.   It seeks class-action status, which would raise the potential for damages if granted.

8.   Now, the Nauman family is uninterested in pursuing further reparations or claims to property, feeling that it would raise the potential for some anti-Semitic sentiment.

9.   Or the election could end in confusion, raising the potential for more fights before anyone knows what will happen to Wachovia.

10.   The private money also raises the potential for trouble at the associations, however.