1.   A bad situation turned worse last May.

2.   After the first lawsuits were filed, violence against officials seemed to turn steadily worse.

3.   Instead of getting better, the economy has turned worse.

4.   Instead of getting better, the economy has only turned worse.

5.   Instead of getting better, the economy turned worse.

6.   It could have turned out worse.

7.   On Friday, the bad news turned even worse when the federal government announced it is suspending both Enron and Arthur Andersen from entering into new federal contracts.

8.   Other big countries in Africa, notably Zaire, may turn out worse.

9.   Relations with Congress turned worse when the son of a congressional leader was arrested on what he says are trumped-up arms-smuggling charges.

10.   The day the Los Angeles Galaxy has been dreading all season finally arrived, and it turned out worse than it ever might have imagined.