31.   For years Trimble refused to meet Adams, who, he said, represented the IRA, an illegal organization that had killed hundreds of Protestants.

32.   He began from the other side of the China debate, denouncing President Bush for economic engagement with a nation that had just killed hundreds at Tiananmen Square.

33.   He was, and is, more pathetic than scary, though he once claimed to have killed hundreds of people, mostly young women.

34.   Hiding in the forests, some of the men were lucky enough to elude the initial ambushes that killed hundreds of others, the three said.

35.   Human rights workers report that as late as February a Taliban sweep killed hundreds of men from the Yawcowlang-Bamyan area.

36.   Hundreds had been killed at the Alamo, hundreds more at Goliad.

37.   Hundreds were killed this year in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the state of Kaduna, which was considering introducing Shariah.

38.   Hundreds were reportedly killed.

39.   Hurricane Pauline devastated Acapulco and the coast of Oaxaca last October, killing hundreds and causing billions of dollars in damage to roads, housing and utilities.