21.   Her home lacked indoor plumbing, electricity was unreliable, and the nearest town was an hour away -- when roads were passable.

22.   Her hosts said they would get it, and someone was dispatched to the nearest town to buy some.

23.   In Cabinda City, the nearest town to the Chevron compound, there are no signs of Paris and few of public works.

24.   Lee, the nearest town, has little of the bustle of such other Berkshire communities as Lenox and Stockbridge.

25.   On his own again, Jude moves to the nearest university town, where he develops a barely concealed contempt for the arrogant students who prefer carousing to learning.

26.   One day a week, for four hours, a doctor visited the nearest town.

27.   Others, like Baran, who has just one name, collect firewood in the hills to sell in the nearest town.

28.   She placed KaiKai inside and began walking toward the nearest town.

29.   Since thousands of army troops arrived several months ago, the area is safer, says Felipe Lopez, who is mayor of Tepetixtla, the nearest major town.

30.   The inhabitants of Thurmont, the nearest town to Camp David, were somewhat blase at the flurry of activity on their doorstep.