1.   As long as the financial crisis continues, economic reform cannot possibly succeed.

2.   The military may step in if the crisis continues.

3.   World financial markets became increasingly volatile as the Gulf crisis continued encouraging swings in oil prices, currency and share markets.

4.   As the crisis next door continues, the concern is that Uruguayans will start putting their money under the mattress, too.

5.   As the economic crisis continues, so does the wave of violence.

6.   As the Kosovo crisis continues, some sellers of tents are apparently seeking to unload products of little use to refugees.

7.   A glum Chernomyrdin warned that a nuclear-armed Russia would be engulfed in Indonesian-style riots if the crisis continued to escalate.

8.   A glum Chernomyrdin warned that a nuclear-armed Russia would be engulfed in Indonesian-style riots if the crisis continued to intensify.

9.   But there were signs Thursday that the crisis could continue for some time.

10.   But whether their fears will translate into mass exodus seems doubtful to many community leaders, unless the crisis continues indefinitely.