21.   Facing mounting losses, Beyond.com of Santa Clara, Calif., announced last month that it had cut its work force and that its chief executive had resigned.

22.   Falling growth rates and mounting losses in dollars jeopardized the resources and self-confidence that leaders of the Asian world would need were they to challenge the West.

23.   Faced with mounting losses, Amre Inc., a home improvement and remodeling company, said Friday that it would file for bankruptcy protection.

24.   Facing mounting losses, Continental Airlines announced Tuesday it is negotiating to sell a chunk of its computer reservations system by forming a joint venture with two partners.

25.   Even earlier, however, Daiwa Bank Trust, another U.S. unit, hid mounting losses on U.S. Treasury bond trading, bank officials said.

26.   For the cattle ranchers were hurting, too, as they unloaded their livestock at an emergency sale in order to cut their mounting losses from the deepening drought.

27.   For weeks he tried to recoup his mounting losses with double-or-nothing bets and doctored bookkeeping.

28.   He said they gave their approval and he sold bonds three times in September to further hide the mounting losses.

29.   He said his supervisors gave their approval, and he sold bonds held at Bankers Trust three times in September to further hide the mounting losses.

30.   He said he genuinely enjoyed playing for Nelson, despite mounting losses.