1.   It could, Rubin said, cause banks to end all lending to the countries involved, making the crisis worse.

2.   The refugees have made the health crisis worse, the physicians said.

3.   Al-Sahhaf accused the United States of making the crisis worse by accusing Iraq of still possessing weapons of mass destruction.

4.   Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf accused the United States of making the crisis worse by accusing Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction.

5.   Such downgrades encourage investors to sell their Korean bonds, making the crisis worse.

6.   The downgrades encourage investors to sell some of their Korean bonds, making the crisis worse.

7.   The acute power crisis was made worse when two towers connecting power transmission lines between western and eastern Bangladesh collapsed last week.