11.   They include such things as African food staples, candle holders, a cup and a place mat.

12.   A few hundred protesters beat empty pots and pans and held up loaves of bread to symbolize hunger and the ever-spiraling prices of food staples.

13.   A sudden rise in the price of black market gasoline has caused nervous Burmese consumers to rush to stock up on food staples that are transported from the countryside.

14.   Ceremonies are celebrated according to sophisticated calendars and often revolve around corn, a food staple the Maya consider sacred.

15.   He said stockpiles of food staples such as rice would be released from warehouses to lower prices.

16.   He said stockpiles of food staples, such as rice, would be released from warehouses to lower prices.

17.   In the southeastern Serb city of Pirot, authorities began distributing coupons for food staples, the Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug reported Wednesday.

18.   Milk, bread, pasta, orange juice, cereal, butter and a host of other household food staples contained the overpriced vitamin supplements.

19.   No one was starving in Gaza, despite shortages of flour, sugar and other food staples.

20.   Runs on food staples, closures of banks and businesses, rising unemployment, and sporadic rioting have sent jitters through world markets.