61.  Speculation increases that Fujimori plans to resign and might not return to Peru.

62.  Speculation is increasing that California Gov. Pete Wilson may enter the race, and Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson also is considering running.

63.  The lawyers moved as speculation increased that Home Secretary Jack Straw was close to announcing the decision he has to make by Friday.

64.  The likelihood is increasing that Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer, an American, will step into the top job on an acting basis.

65.  To increase that, the Commission proposes making the market more flexible, boosting investment and scrapping inefficient barges.

66.  With each car bomb, the risk increases that a tourist will be killed.

67.  But the two countries did reach agreement last year on increasing US auto sales in Japan, which according to US trade officials is working well.

68.  They signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraqi officials on increasing trade after the embargo is lifted.