11.   Many of the thousands who try to slip into Italy by boat each year hope to travel up the Italian peninsula to other European countries, such as Germany.

12.   The Allied Fifth Army battled for nine months up the Italian peninsula to capture the city.

13.   That stretch of north-central Italy straddles the Apennines, the mountainous backbone of the Italian peninsula and is riddled with tunnels.

14.   The center-left took the presidency of the Reggio Calabria province, at the toe of the Italian peninsula, according to unofficial results.

15.   The novel looks at four characters in a ruined Tuscan villa as the Germans retreat up the Italian peninsula during World War II.

16.   The other immigrants in the group that arrived Wednesday were taken to a reception center near Lecce, at the heel of the Italian peninsula.

17.   They reached the coast of Calabria, the toe of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula, after a week-long sea trip from Turkey.

18.   They were rounded up by police on beaches near this city, located at the heel of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula.

19.   With its army shattered and U.S. forces moving up the Italian peninsula, Italy surrendered to the Allies.

20.   Thus, instead of sweeping north, the other allied unit was forced to gnaw its way slowly up the leg of the Italian peninsula.