11.   I could loop bags over its handle, and the canopy blocked the tropical sun.

12.   Hundreds of students mingled under a tropical sun outside the building.

13.   In the countryside, when they are not fleeing the fighting, peasants are hired for a pittance to dig for diamonds under an incandescent tropical sun.

14.   It is beautiful but relentless prose that beats like a blistering tropical sun.

15.   Many of the thousands of Haitians who stood for hours in the tropical sun wept joyously as they strained for a glimpse of him.

16.   Stained-glass craftsmen subdued the relentless glare of the tropical sun by fitting high windows and doors with transoms, perfect for letting in cross breezes.

17.   The currently accepted theory, that the hair was lost under the tropical sun, relies on the fact that sweaty fur is a poor way of losing heat.

18.   The crumpled vehicle was towed to a nearby police station, where it sat in the steaming tropical sun.

19.   The current visa system, which includes the lines and the days of waiting in the tropical sun, replaced a process that relied on the mail.

20.   The houses line up in monotonous gray rows, their walls unpainted and their tin roofs exposed to the tropical sun.