1.   And rising pressure in Los Angeles and Sacramento to declare the district a failure and then break it up into smaller pieces.

2.   A new tentative contract reached by United with its pilots also promises to add to rising cost pressures in the industry.

3.   But because of the recent strength of the economy, the sharp fall in unemployment and signs of rising wage pressures, the debate could be sharp.

4.   I see rising pressure to resolve this.

5.   But it was rising pressure from the Pentagon, as much as anything, that appears to have contributed to the breakthrough.

6.   But it was rising pressure from the Pentagon, as much as anything, that appears to have contributed to the spending breakthrough.

7.   But in a time of war and lingering economic uncertainty, there is rising pressure in Washington to stop the tax-shelter exodus.

8.   But with lingering economic uncertainty and the U.S. involved in a war on terrorism, there is rising pressure in Washington to stop the tax-shelter exodus.

9.   East Asian and European Union officials encouraged each other to resist rising pressure for protectionism and to push for trade barrier reductions in a meeting that ended Saturday.

10.   Earlier in the day, the pope used his homily in Notre Dame to challenge rising political pressure, in Europe and elsewhere, to crack down on immigrants.