11.   Mason shoved her fingers hard into my stomach and led me through a Pilates-style sit-up, which concentrates on the innermost layer of abdominal muscles.

12.   Olindo Mare had just toe-stabbed one of his patented onside kicks hard into the frozen turf, the ball bouncing high and the Dolphins finally recovering it.

13.   Not snap in an out-of-control sense, but stuff like slamming my helmet down or throwing the bat hard into the bat rack.

14.   Revenues that were expected to boom for years are actually shrinking now, and the company has been forced to cut hard into its work force to reduce expenses.

15.   The emphasis was on defensive fundamentals, from positioning to getting the puck out of the zone to going hard into the corners.

16.   The man who was about to receive the campus Teacher of Excellence award had fallen fast and hard into disgrace.

17.   The Sonics fell hard into that category Friday night.

18.   A Cadillac team rose as high as fifth, but it lost ground when Italian Max Angelelli slammed hard into a wall at the Tertre Rouge turn.

19.   A Cadillac team slipped from fifth earlier when Italian Max Angelelli slammed hard into a wall at the Tertre Rouge turn.

20.   Goodyear slammed hard into the wall and had to be removed from the car.