71.   The situation is exacerbated by skyscrapers and hills that surround urban areas, trapping in emissions, he said.

72.   The situation is exacerbated by the daily rainfalls.

73.   The situation may be exacerbated this year by the El Nino weather phenomenon, whose late rains and warm weather caused an unusual dry season outbreak in early January.

74.   The report also said senior officials overlooked personality clashes that also exacerbated the situation.

75.   The situation was exacerbated by the fall of the real, the Brazilian currency, which resulted in lower prices for Brazilian coffee.

76.   The situation has been exacerbated by the Asian financial turmoil of the past year and a half.

77.   The situation is exacerbated, local officials say, by the nomadic lifestyle of the people who live in the region.

78.   The situation was exacerbated by faulty flying instructions the pilots received from on-board crash-avoidance computers, which had gone into alert, the panel said.

79.   The situation was further exacerbated when the collapse of communism cut off Soviet aid in farm equipment, spare parts, fertilizers and fuel.

80.   The situation has been exacerbated by reduced demand as most Asian countries have been negatively affected by the regional economic crisis.