41.   The islands lie near the entrance to the Dardanelles, the straight in northwestern Turkey that connects the Mediterranean to the Sea of Marmara.

42.   The Middle East is losing its most durable ruler and most determined peacemaker, King Hussein of Jordan, who lies near death in a Jordanian hospital.

43.   The prisoners quickly made their way to the arsenal, which lies near the prison cells, and armed themselves with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns.

44.   The officer who called in the killing said Jimmy would be lying near the soccer field in San Blas.

45.   The second favored area for storms to form will lie near a warm front driving north toward the Ohio Valley.

46.   The vineyards of Eastern Washington lie near the cold-weather extreme for wine grapes, and their nemesis is winterkill.

47.   Their hometown of New Denver lies near a glacier in the interior of British Columbia and by a lake whose water is pure enough to drink.

48.   They said that the body, which was lying near the southbound local track, had been decapitated.

49.   Throughout this city and across the country, the Russian economy lies near ruin.

50.   Tokyo is highly vulnerable to quakes because several major faults lie near the city.