1.   Electricity poles come down, telephone lines sag, and the streets become clogged with mud.

2.   Fiats and mopeds clog the streets of Palermo, Ragusa, and the smaller cities.

3.   Rows of engines clogged the streets, red lights pulsing like strobes in a disco.

4.   Angry Israelis shouting anti-Barak slogans clogged the street after the explosions, jostling to get closer to the spot where the pipe bombs exploded.

5.   As a result of the cheaper gasoline, however, the streets are clogged with more cars than ever before, local residents say.

6.   As prospective home buyers and giggling teen-age shoppers clogged the streets, the wreck-seekers seemed to end up at the same places.

7.   Air conditioning, even electrical fans, are uncommon, and the streets are clogged with lead-belching trucks.

8.   But masses of city residents clog the streets, bottling up the troops.

9.   By evening, though, many shops reopened, and traffic once again clogged the streets.

10.   Cars still jostle with donkey carts on the roads, although the streets are not clogged because gasoline is so scarce.