1.   North Korea is gripped by severe famine, due to two years of disastrous weather and five decades of stultifying central planning.

2.   That is because Amelia Island was the site of a previous conference that became synonymous with disastrous weather among the denizens of Madison Avenue.

3.   Drought, flood, tidal waves and other disastrous weather have plagued communist North Korea for the past five years, devastating its already inefficient collective-farm industry.

4.   Experts say its main motive is economic aid to rebuild its economy, devastated by years of disastrous weather and communist mismanagement.

5.   Experts say its main motive is obtaining overseas aid to rebuild its economy, devastated by years of disastrous weather and mismanagement.

6.   Floods, drought and other disastrous weather also have caused severe food shortages in North Korea, forcing it to seek outside aid.

7.   Food shortages caused by an inefficient communal farming techniques were aggravated by years of disastrous weather.

8.   Food shortages caused by inefficient communal farming techniques have been aggravated by years of disastrous weather.

9.   North Korea has suffered through three years of disastrous weather that aggravated food shortages caused by inefficient farming techniques.

10.   North Korea now depends on foreign aid to help feed its hunger-stricken people after inefficient management and disastrous weather devastated its farm industry.