31.   It was a quiet, bitterly cold afternoon on Grazhdanskaya Street, where a group of men chatted and smoked while tinkering with their battered cars.

32.   Rebel forces swept through nearly deserted streets in pickup trucks, tanks and battered cars, all flying the white Taliban flag.

33.   The seven-time Winston Cup champion was able to drive his battered car slowly back to the finish line.

34.   Their voices echoed as they wandered through the parking lot staring at the smashed windows of their battered cars.