Worst of all, while worries mount about "labor shortages" and education crises, American management is cutting millions of highly productive - and well-paid - people throughout the economy.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, when my worries were mounting, Captain Knudsen cut the drive of the Ptarmigan and joined me.

His worries mounted as he stepped nearer to where the tide beat against the shore.

As the teen-age population swelled, worries mounted.

As your financial worries mount, so do your attacks of shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing.

With the sales decline that began in 1987 accelerating ominously, the worries of domestic wine makers are mounting, along with disagreements over how to respond.

Investor sentiment has turned heavily against European telecommunications companies in recent months, as worries have mounted about their heavy spending on unproven new technologies.

Financial worries mount as well.

As worries mounted, speculation grew.

In the dark forest, worries mounted.