41.   The question now is whether it will be knocked off course, once again, by escalating violence in the Middle East.

42.   U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat, who was traveling in the region Tuesday, said he was exasperated at the escalating violence.

43.   When his brinksmanship threatens escalating violence, they elect a prime minister promising peace.

44.   Yet escalating violence could quickly sink the effort to stabilize the economy.

45.   Yet the authorization of further assassinations, possibly on a wider scale, raised the prospect of escalating violence, and ratcheted up tensions.

46.   Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat accused Israel of escalating violence.

47.   Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat accused Israel of escalating violence and said the Palestinian Authority was appealing to the international community for help.

48.   President Clinton reached out to Israeli and Palestinian leaders Saturday to explore ways to end the escalating violence in the Middle East.

49.   President Hafez Assad met with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Tuesday amid escalating violence between Israeli troops and Hezbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon.

50.   Penalosa said escalating violence was to blame for the aborted sale.