11.   Safeco Corp. said its second-quarter earnings were flat, falling below expectations, because storms produced a flood of claims.

12.   Similarly, some vendors of intelligent software fear that an explosion of interest could produce a flood of shaky business schemes and products dressed up as artificial intelligence.

13.   Since then, the inquiry has broadened, producing a flood of subpoenas.

14.   The effort has produced a flood of so-called issue advertising that is being broadcast here.

15.   The issue pitted powerful interests against each other and produced a flood of television commercials and advertisements from both sides.

16.   This summer, the remnants of Hurricanes Bertha and Fran produced floods along the coast and in the mountains from Virginia to Maine.

17.   Some fear the image of the games could be tarnished if the new technology produces a flood of positive tests.

18.   The Great Lakes region has been the scene of continuing bloodshed that has produced a flood of refugees from Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire.

19.   The killing of an unarmed black man by four white officers produced a flood of pretrial publicity and protests alleging widespread abuse of minorities by police.

20.   The slaying of the black man by four white officers produced a flood of publicity and protests alleging widespread abuse of minorities by police.