71.   An increasing number of private facilities close each year because of financial problems caused by declining government reimbursements, said Amanda Engler of the Texas Hospital Association.

72.   An increase would help Electricidad de Caracas, which suspended several dividends last year because of mounting financial problems.

73.   And despite financial problems, many eligible families were not receiving food stamps, Medicaid or state-assisted child care.

74.   An out-of-work Syrian immigrant despondent over mounting financial problems fatally shot his wife and their three young sons and then killed himself, police said.

75.   Analysts said other retail-related conglomerates that may face financial problems include the Nasan, Shinho and Ko Pyong groups.

76.   And financial problems have prevented one of his grandsons from attending the village high school.

77.   Analysts told Congress last month that like everyone else, they had been bamboozled by Enron officials into thinking the company had no financial problems.

78.   And Andersen itself failed to report hidden financial problems at Sunbeam Corp. and Waste Management Inc.

79.   And if foreign financial problems were not the cause, analysts had trouble finding much closer to home to point to.

80.   And officials have acknowledged that poor decisions and overspending exacerbated the financial problems.