1.   If nothing else, the short-term notes make a complex situation even more complicated.

2.   In an interview, Safer said he felt that new information about the agreements between CBS and Wigand made the situation far more complicated than he had believed.

3.   The fact that Hamas and perhaps other terrorist groups back and act with the demonstrators makes the situation more complicated, since terrorism can never be condoned.

4.   Lack of electricity closed stores and offices at midafternoon, forcing commuters to head home early and making the traffic situation extremely complicated.

5.   Lack of power closed stores and offices at midafternoon forcing commuters to head home early and making the traffic situation extremely complicated.

6.   The death of North Korean President Kil Il Sung had made the situation all the more complicated, he added.