11.   A handful of companies have patented techniques for turning tissues into extremely useful products, like bones that are tooled into special shapes or ground into powders and pastes.

12.   A few flag poles and some rented bleachers turned the North Elba show grounds into the setting for the opening ceremonies.

13.   Bray was ground into the dirt still a yard short of the goal line.

14.   But the next batter, John Valentin, grounds into a double play, ending the inning.

15.   Cane was ground into syrup.

16.   Dimon had spent years assisting Weill as he built Travelers from the ground up into a major player in the insurance industry and on Wall Street.

17.   Discarded water bottles and dirty masks were ground into the soot as black smoke continued to rise into the night sky.

18.   Each day the paths are cov ered with straw, which is ground into mud again by nightfall.

19.   Each plant produces thousands of seeds that can be ground into high-protein meal or pressed into cooking oil.

20.   Eight years ago he was ground into the desert sands by a coalition of nations, American-organized and -led.