1.  Concerns about the police echoed throughout the open-air market at Tepito two days after the violent showdown.

2.  It remains, and many people here believe a violent showdown may be nearing.

3.  Recent years have seen an increase in the numbers of violent showdowns between young Indian radicals and police.

4.  Relations between the rival factions within the government deteriorated, and in the past three months a violent showdown became increasingly likely.

5.  Senior Yeltsin advisers said that the firings had headed off a potentially violent showdown.

6.  At a memorial service for her slain brother on Friday, Ms. Bhutto said Jamaat-e-Islami wanted a violent showdown with the government.

7.  Cult members have not offered serious resistance to previous arrests, and there were no indications that police were expecting a violent showdown Tuesday.

8.  Johnson refused to surrender, setting off a violent showdown with government forces who include fighters loyal to rival faction leaders.

9.  Ms. Bhutto also said she had information that Jamaat-e-Islami was preparing for a violent showdown with her government.

10.  Thousands of peasants flooded the Chiapas state capital Wednesday to try to block the inauguration of a new governor in a potentially violent showdown with the ruling party.