61.   Complicating the matter, China and Taiwan are increasingly intertwined economically and socially, a process China encourages and Taiwan is struggling to limit.

62.   Complicating matters further is the game of cat-and-mouse that Rodriguez and the detectives have played.

63.   Complicating matters further, Pacific Telesis has invested more heavily in wireless cable than its East Coast counterparts.

64.   Complicating matters further, six more signatures were added in succeeding months.

65.   Complicating matters in the Middle East is the intertwining of Islam, politics and centuries-old struggles.

66.   Complicating matters is a certain coolness some Republican officeholders feel for Silicon Valley executives who cozy up to Clinton.

67.   Complicating matters is draft pick Maurice Taylor.

68.   Complicating matters is national letter-of-intent signing day, which is Wednesday.

69.   Complicating matters is that much of Putnam is in the New York City watershed.

70.   Complicating matters is the fact that Americans are living longer.