51.   The growing importance of prescription drugs in the arsenal of modern medicine and the rapidly escalating cost of those drugs have boosted the argument for drug coverage under Medicare.

52.   The long-term ability of managed care to control escalating costs is likely to be more modest.

53.   These days, that charge is increasingly lodged against the Republicans, who are looking to managed care as a solution to the escalating costs of the Medicare program.

54.   They decry the escalating costs of their campaigns and talk about defensive maneuvers to shore up their war chests.

55.   This experiment does nothing to address these escalating costs.

56.   Todd also worked actively, with an organization of companies providing professional liability insurance for doctors, on ways to curb the escalating cost of malpractice insurance.

57.   To NASCAR, which has done little about addressing the escalating costs of racing.

58.   Victories might soothe local concerns about escalating costs, congested traffic and environmental disruptions on the downhill ski run.

59.   Virtually nothing about the station has gone as planned, and the result has been repeated delays and escalating costs.

60.   What people want most is some control of escalating health care costs.