21.  As long as it remained open, he was at risk of infection, gangrene and, in the worst case, amputation.

22.  At least, Summers said, the worst case Russian-scenario has not come true.

23.  At the Whitney, you see the worst case of this last scenario, a wimp-out where neither curators nor artists seem in control.

24.  Because of that, Beaird said, prosecutors will use felony murder charges in the worst cases.

25.  Both forms can cause double or blurred vision, numbness, difficulties in speech and gait and, in worst cases, partial or complete paralysis.

26.  A lingering potential problem for Friedland -- who was born in Chicago and became a Canadian citizen -- is the worst case of mining pollution in Colorado history.

27.  A regulation might then be based on the worst case or the average case, but this value judgment would be made explicit.

28.  A second brother was burned in the same blast, but the family had money to treat only one person, and Abdul was considered the worst case.

29.  A spokesman, Steven A. Matthews, said the warnings reflected the worst case and would probably be averted with careful management.

30.  A year has passed since Elisa Izquierdo died, killed by her mother in the worst case of child abuse the authorities said they had ever seen.