21.   Complicating the task is the fact that the Paralympics have never before been held in the United States and have never been televised.

22.   David Silver, an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston, had a task further complicated by a severe case of whiplash.

23.   However, continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories could complicate the task of Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is expected to leave Sunday for the Middle East.

24.   In addition, the constant influx of new immigrants is always complicating the task of gauging Latino social mobility.

25.   Politics will complicate the task.

26.   Political analysts, including those sympathetic to the administration, say this task has been complicated by an apparent sense of drift at the White House.

27.   That may complicate the task for Richard Parsons, who will officially take charge of the company in May.

28.   That task would be complicated by the presence of two nuclear reactors, which have been shut down but are still radioactive.

29.   The agency says the task is complicated by regional differences in facilities, staffing and other factors.

30.   The bewildering array of advances has greatly complicated the task of caring for patients with pacemakers.