51.   Fears are growing, however, that such reforms could initially lead to a rise in corporate bankruptcies and a further increase in joblessness.

52.   Fears grew about the fate of people left in Kosovo.

53.   Fears grew Monday that weekend clashes between stone-throwing Greek Cypriot protesters and Turkish forces occupying the north of the Mediterranean island point to a new confrontation.

54.   Fears were growing of increased police harassment.

55.   Fears are growing about corporate failures, especially after brokerage giant Yamaichi Securities Co. collapsed late last year.

56.   Fears are growing about job losses.

57.   Fears are growing that Jewish extremists might try a last-ditch violent effort to scuttle an Israeli pullout from the West Bank town of Hebron, security officials said Wednesday.

58.   Fears are growing that large-scale industrial aquaculture projects in Kenya will destroy the mangrove ecosystems.

59.   Fears are growing that the peacekeepers may become the target of Bosnian Serb wrath.

60.   Fears could grow so great that people will make a mad rush to withdraw money, perhaps collapsing a bank or two, analysts say.