41.   Concern is growing that as more goods flow in, close associates of Hussein will gain from cornering distribution rights, if not through outright black-marketeering.

42.   Concern is growing that the U.S. could follow its measures by applying trade sanctions on Colombian imports, which would be crippling to Colombia.

43.   Concerns will probably grow about unprotected pension plans, said Nevin Adams, executive editor of PlanSponsor.com, an online resource for pension and retirement issues.

44.   Concern also is growing over the fire risk posed by the rapid accumulation of dead trees in already fire-prone areas.

45.   Concern is also growing that Japanese government officials have few tools left to revive the economy.

46.   Concern also is growing the ruling Conservative Party may lose its majority in Parliament hastening elections that may put Labour in power, they said.

47.   Concern grew that a budget deadlock in Washington will keep the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates in time to give slowing corporate profits a boost.

48.   Concern grew that stronger economic growth could raise the risk of inflation and prompt the Federal Reserve to leave bank lending rates steady.

49.   Concern has grown among analysts that Gucci is spreading itself too thinly at a time when rivals are gloomy about softening demand in the United States and Japan.

50.   Either way, once the federal government announced that the matter is the subject of a criminal investigation, the concerns only grew.