1.   Although the evidence was mounting that leprosy was contagious, the view was not unanimously held.

2.   But evidence is mounting that Ecstasy can cause permanent brain damage.

3.   Although storms and other special factors are making interpretation difficult, evidence mounted Wednesday that the economy could be perking up with the approach of spring.

4.   And evidence has been mounting that children with abnormally low levels of the fatty acids in their brains have slightly but significantly impaired brain development and lower IQ scores.

5.   And medical evidence is mounting that abstinent alcoholics can do just as well with liver transplants as other patients.

6.   And the evidence mounts.

7.   And scientific evidence has mounted that the physiological effects of the drugs are virtually identical, making the disparity in sentencing that much more inappropriate.

8.   And yet the evidence is mounting that those rules could soon change.

9.   As evidence mounts that the economy is hitting the brakes, stocks that depend on rapid growth appear to be the most vulnerable.

10.   As the evidence against McFadden mounts, state agencies in Pennsylvania are blaming one another and sometimes New York officials.