11.   A village woman treated the tank crews to ice-cold watermelon while they squatted in the stifling Mediterranean heat after driving off the enemy.

12.   Afternoon thunderstorms will bring temporary relief to the stifling heat near the Gulf Coast.

13.   But the stifling heat and humidity are driving other New Yorkers to air-conditioner stores.

14.   Camp David, once named Shangri-La, was a retreat for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt from the stifling heat which blankets Washington in the summer.

15.   Despite the stifling heat, I shivered.

16.   Drachman surprised fans in the Olympic velodrome with her reaction to the stifling heat in the Greek capital.

17.   Filming took place during six weeks of stifling heat in July and August in an empty fraternity house without air conditioning.

18.   He needed a whole lot more to make them stand up, finally yielding to the stifling Texas heat, departing after seven innings.

19.   Her funeral at a Roman Catholic church drew a crowd of pro- and anti-Aristide politicians who waited in a stifling heat to file past her open coffin.

20.   He surely was dead against Dutchman Sjeng Schalken in the third round Friday, dropping the first two sets in stifling heat.