11.   She says rural areas have been hard hit by the recession.

12.   If a ban is approved, the famous Beaufort hunt will be hard hit.

13.   Already, some online brokerage firms, hard hit by the collapse of the Nasdaq, are raising commissions and charging new fees, Smith said.

14.   Among technology issues, Internet stocks were particularly hard hit.

15.   American orchestras have been especially hard hit in the reconfiguration.

16.   Analysts said Kwik Save has been particularly hard hit because it sells all its products at a discount.

17.   And in California, landowners are particularly hard hit, because state land values are twice the national average.

18.   And Ramirez did allow three runs on five hard hits in the fifth inning.

19.   And the big cities have been particularly hard hit.

20.   Another industry hard hit by rising oil costs is freight transportation.