21.   It was the worst outbreak of violence since President Clinton ordered U.S. warships to intercept Cuban refugees at sea in August.

22.   Janja is close to the village of Gajevi, the site of the worst outbreak of violence since the war ended.

23.   Serbs and Muslims battled for control of a northeastern village Tuesday in the worst outbreak of fighting since the war formally ended a year ago.

24.   Serbs and Muslims battled for control of a northeastern village Tuesday in the worst outbreak of fighting since the Bosnian war.

25.   The contamination was the worst known E. coli outbreak in North America, and officials have yet to determine what caused it.

26.   The contamination was the worst known E. coli outbreaks in North America, and officials have yet to determine what caused it.

27.   The incident was the worst outbreak of violence in weeks.

28.   The Netherlands has suffered the worst outbreak of the disease on the European continent since the epidemic first struck Britain in February.

29.   The worst outbreak this century of sleeping sickness, a disease that is fatal but curable, has been documented in southwestern Sudan, health workers said Friday.

30.   India is still reeling from the worst outbreak of Hindu-Muslim violence for nearly a decade.