1.   Asians, bolstered by some big-name Western economists, blamed the IMF for worsening the crisis by forcing big spending cuts to trim deficits.

2.   Economists blamed government mismanagement for worsening the crisis.

3.   Few countries have been hit harder by AIDS, and anything that might worsen the crisis is met with scrutiny.

4.   He said the fund had worsened the crisis in Thailand, Korea and Indonesia by insisting on high interest rates and deep cuts in government spending.

5.   If stock prices are low, however, then financial institutions will have to acknowledge losses on their stock portfolios, which would only worsen the crisis.

6.   In many ways, the AIDS epidemic simply worsens the crisis of American families caused by drugs, abuse, abandonment, prison and death.

7.   No man with presidential ambitions wants to be blamed for worsening a crisis.

8.   The administration fears that an international force could worsen the crisis by re-establishing the refugee camps in Zaire, which have been breeding grounds for the current conflict.

9.   The Bush administration has not supported price caps, arguing that they will only worsen the crisis.

10.   The continuing devaluation of the won could worsen the crisis, however.