51.   The recent fighting, the most intense in weeks, has underscored the failure of a month-old cease-fire arranged by U.S. officials.

52.   The sale comes amid a drought of municipal bonds that is only expected to grow more intense in Colorado.

53.   The preliminary skirmishing has already been intense in this latest round of a decade-long reform effort to shrink the role of big dollar contributions in election campaigns.

54.   The Serbian assault was most intense in the northern town of Tuzla, where unconfirmed reports suggested that dozens of people had been killed.

55.   The situation has been particularly intense in Farmingville, where two Mexican workers were picked up by men posing as employers and then severely beaten.

56.   The scrutiny is intense in New York.

57.   These examples have a certain face validity, because competition is less intense in government than in the private sector.

58.   They are most intense in areas where industrial growth is coupled with residential development.

59.   This effort is particularly intense in California, where tens of thousands of trucks rumble along highways and roads on any day.

60.   Things have been so intense in retailing in recent years that I have not had time to step away.