21.   The region is dominated by ethnic Pashtuns, so when Northern Alliance soldiers venture into these areas, they do so as strangers.

22.   The region is dominated by small and medium-sized firms, many of them exporters in manufacturing industries.

23.   The region is now dominated by Newsday, the daily newspaper, and several small community weeklies.

24.   The question now, Murray concedes, is whether Fleet will continue to dominate the region in the years ahead as it has in the past decade.

25.   The rolling fields that dominate the region -- which is in Sullivan County, near the Pennsylvania border -- are a deep green right now.

26.   The traditional response to such questions has been that Iraq can serve as a useful obstacle to Iranian dreams of dominating the region.

27.   The US is on the verge of challenging Mexico, which has long dominated the region, for one of the three World Cup qualifying places.

28.   Traditional architecture still dominates the region, with Le Vieux Tremblant anchoring the shopping with its array of boutiques, bars and restaurants.

29.   With all this consolidation going on, a few big operations now tend to dominate a region, and some smaller players are feeling the squeeze, Ursaner said.

30.   You also need to have a strong local base, a base that dominates the region.