11.   Houses burned and thick plumes of white smoke clouded the view of the countryside.

12.   Imagine having your fervent prayers that the material world will hold onto your mother interrupted by the news that your house had burned to ash.

13.   In village after village, as Albanians have returned to their homes, Serbs have fled, and houses have burned and looted.

14.   In villages across Kosovo, houses were seen burning Wednesday, the result of naked vengeance on the part of ethnic Albanians, officials said.

15.   Keone gets so many gifts from family and well-wishers that Leslie donates some to a girl whose house has just burned.

16.   My house burned down last night.

17.   One night, a house under construction burned to the ground.

18.   On the road back to Pristina, a large house was burning.

19.   Policymakers debating these issues are like firefighters idly wondering what started the blaze while the house burns to the ground.

20.   Several houses burned.