11.   It was a questionable call by Referee Jack Nies, but Ewing compounded his trouble by arguing so vehemently that Nies called two technicals and tossed him.

12.   Mecir then compounded his troubles by walking Jay Buhner to load the bases.

13.   Nixon then compounded his troubles by nominating another federal appeals judge, G. Harrold Carswell of Florida.

14.   To compound his troubles, American Embassy officials seem intent on playing politics and hanging him out to dry.

15.   Villagers say his troubles were compounded when his wife, Gyarsi Devi, gave birth to seven daughters but no sons.

16.   But rigid suppliers have compounded his troubles by requiring him to buy full cases of products, making it virtually impossible for him to sell everything.

17.   Compounding his troubles are tensions with Arafat who, witnesses say, recently dressed him down for refusing to support a U.S.-backed truce with Israel.

18.   Compounding his troubles was a mystery illness he contracted in April that left him sidelined for nearly five months.

19.   The Rockies compounded their troubles by allowing two more runs on an error.

20.   The troubles were compounded by injuries to key players.