51.   While the agency has never been popular, in recent years it has come under mounting criticism from legislators, auditors and Treasury Department officials.

52.   Angered by mounting criticism and threats of a political trial by Congress, Gen. Augusto Pinochet has postponed his retirement from the army, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

53.   Arafat is under mounting criticism from U.S. leaders for failing to rein in Palestinian militants who have carried out a string of bombing and shooting attacks on Israelis.

54.   As authorities continued their investigation into the cause of the tragedy, there was mounting criticism of the organizers.

55.   Bar-On was attorney general for a day last month, but resigned over mounting criticism that he was a judicial lightweight chosen for his political connections.

56.   Britain faces mounting criticism for refusing to transfer Irish paramilitary prisoners held in England back to Northern Ireland as the next step toward a peace settlement.

57.   Bush has faced mounting criticism with each new suicide bombing against Israelis and military response form Israel.

58.   Bush has faced mounting criticism with each new suicide bombing against Israelis and military response from Israel.

59.   But Germany, as other Western nations, is afraid of undermining Yeltsin, who faces mounting criticism at home.

60.   But the increasingly bloody assault on the capital Grozny has led to mounting criticism and appeals for Moscow to curb the violence.