11.   Such fears led to new fencing around the park last year.

12.   The cocky pup is stirring ethnic tensions and fueling a popularity boom that some fear will lead to an eventual backlash and the abandonment of Chihuahuas everywhere.

13.   The conflict, which Western diplomats fear could lead to internecine violence, has pitted the wily Milosevic against Djukanovic, his only real political rival in Yugoslavia.

14.   The fear leads to avoidance of objects or situations and can cause people to limit their lives.

15.   The government denies it is planning a devaluation, which many here fear could lead to increased social tension and a new round of hyperinflation.

16.   This fear has led to a lot of informal discrimination against mentally ill people and has affected public policy, as well, he said.

17.   Those fears have recently led to the reduction of credit ratings for Ford Motor, GM and DaimlerChrysler.

18.   This has its own serious health consequences if the fear leads to immobility.

19.   And sea lions may be accumulating concentrations of toxic compounds such as PCBs in their blubbery tissue, which some scientists fear may lead to breeding disorders.

20.   Authorities have ordered an investigation into the unrest, which some Kurdish politicians fear could lead to the banning of pro-Kurdish parties.