31.   The county coroner testified that the killings occurred rapidly with the victims having little time to defend themselves.

32.   The convent where the killings occurred is a converted white-frame home in a middle-class section of town.

33.   The Hindu nationalist BJP said Congress, which governs Orissa, the state where the killing occurred, should have been more vigilant in protecting Christians.

34.   The killing occurred at the height of a spree of assaults on residents and nighttime gunfire that left a normally friendly, safe block in a quiet neighborhood shaken.

35.   The killing occurred at the height of a spree of assaults on residents and nighttime gunfire, leaving a normally friendly, safe block in a quiet neighborhood shaken.

36.   The killing occurred during the shooting of a Tom Mix western just over the line in Oklahoma.

37.   The killings occur in an atmosphere of overwhelming violence.

38.   The killing occurred just days after President Ernesto Zedillo visited the neighboring city of Mexicali and pledged to crack down on organized crime.

39.   The killing occurred minutes after Northern Alliance soldiers, advancing toward Kabul, surged deep into Taliban territory.

40.   The killings here occurred on Lex Street, a short block of brick row houses, several of which have been abandoned.