31.   By watching them, ski jump judges gauge wind speed, decide where to place the starting bar and make sure the landing area is groomed properly.

32.   Eighteen armored vehicles, three freight platforms and several hundred soldiers in snow-white winter camouflage uniforms were dropped by parachute to the landing area.

33.   Farid added that popular landing areas for illegals were Kuala Sungai Baru, Tanjung Bidara, Kelebang and Tanjung Serai.

34.   For the first time ever in a World Cup, Australian eucalyptus gum leaves were thrown onto the landing area rather than the northern hemisphere pine needles.

35.   Harada soared so far it was difficult to measure the distance because there were no lines across the landing area at the point he hit the snow.

36.   He struggled to straighten it out and was unable to steer to the grassy landing area and instead hit the roof of a shopping mall.

37.   His teammates, watching at the landing area, raced out and jumped on him in celebration.

38.   Heavily armed soldiers formed a protective perimeter as they waited for the landing area near the refugee camp to be cleared.

39.   On Thursday, Rumsfeld said bad weather and heavy fire at a landing area had prevented some of the U.S. teams from entering Afghanistan in recent days.

40.   Police were deployed around the esplanade to keep people away from the landing area, officials said.