For these investors, gold is less a way of life than it is hedge against inflation and a prudent measure of diversification during an increasingly worrisome time.

The situation is increasingly worrisome to the United States, which depends on Venezuela for 1.5 million barrels of oil a day.

But Federal officials said that when the repair program is completed, probably in several years, the increasingly worrisome problem of structural failures among older jetliners will have been resolved.

Before the storm hit, polls had shown that rising gasoline prices were becoming increasingly worrisome to a majority of Americans, and the hurricane has only worsened that concern.

But the safety implications grew increasingly worrisome to many as United Space Alliance pressed its workers and contractors to stay on schedule and under budget.

Additionally, AIDS statistics have become increasingly worrisome.

But he offers a clear alternative to the kind of backroom politics that has become increasingly worrisome to thoughtful Indians, and to many of India's neighbors.

The economy has hardly grown during the Bush Presidency, a fact that is increasingly worrisome to top officials as the election year approaches.

Most of all, however, they want the government to tackle the increasingly worrisome domestic issues that have been brought on by change: corruption, rising crime, growing inequality, environmental degradation.

The potential for cheating is increasingly worrisome as commercial distributed computing ventures that offer cash or credit to participants, like Ubero (www.ubero.net), become more commonplace.