1.   Amid the confusion and conflicting views, the one uncontested fact is the manatee death count.

2.   And as the death count rises, so have the voices of people like McVetty, one among thousands of recent recruits in a swelling grassroots movement.

3.   And I realize that his death count was artificially low.

4.   But as the death count grew, the doubts melted and the finger-pointing began.

5.   But it took a ballooning death count, and the passing of celebrities such as Rock Hudson, to stir America out of its indifference.

6.   But new evidence suggests that the Honduran government grossly exaggerated the death count.

7.   But the death count is lopsided.

8.   But Wilkinson said the death count in the camps was getting larger daily.

9.   If not, the death count resumes.

10.   Officials in both countries said they were having difficulties obtaining reliable death counts from affected zones.