21.   When word reached Kaiser Wilhelm II in Berlin, the counterattack was brutal and quickly expanded into genocide.

22.   When word reached him that his medal had been restored, he took it out of his pocket for the first time in three days.

23.   When word of the brouhaha reached Schlondorff in Berlin, where he lives with his wife and daughter, he thought it was a joke.

24.   When word reached Bunia itself, which is largely Hema, vigilantes went to kill any Lendu they could find.

25.   When word reached the public, Hoffman was forced to resign from his post.

26.   Williams had been practicing for about an hour with the football team when word of the indictment reached the field Thursday.

27.   Within days, word had reached Brooks that the government investigation had resumed with a passion.

28.   Also in Lahore, a group of Muslim clerics was in special session to discuss the Afghanistan crisis when word of the action reached them.

29.   And if word of it has reached farmers, they are desperate enough to take their chances.

30.   And if word of it has reached farmers, they are desperate enough to take their chances, just as they did under the Taliban.