11.   Thousands of places remain cut off from contact, the long walks to a paved road having become long swims.

12.   Thousands of troops remain in Chiapas, keeping the Zapatistas penned in an inhospitable jungle while peace talks stop and start.

13.   Thousands remain displaced from their homes.

14.   Thousands remain homeless, living in the streets, terrorized with each aftershock.

15.   Thousands of civilians remained trapped deep inside the Pashtrik region, he said.

16.   Thousands of refugees remain on the move in the dense Zairian forest.

17.   Thousands of items remain to be identified.

18.   Thousands remain in use, valued as ideal cars for negotiating narrow, medieval streets.

19.   Thousands remained homeless.

20.   Thousands of victims remained in relief shelters at a military base, in school gymnasiums and other makeshift shelters near stricken communities.