81.   She knows, like poets and generals, that the most hideous truths about civilization are best captured with a direct hit.

82.   Should the center of Erika score a direct hit on any island, rainfalls between five and ten inches are possible.

83.   Since then, prototype interceptors have scored four consecutive direct hits on targets, three of them long-range ballistic missiles.

84.   She was a direct hit with the audience and with the music.

85.   Some buildings took direct hits.

86.   Somehow I avoided even a scratch, but my buddy from Texarkana took a direct hit right above the belt.

87.   Sometimes, though, being hot is preferable to the direct hit.

88.   Southernmost Florida and the Texas coast are nearly as prone to direct hits from tropical storms.

89.   Some of us might even paint an X on the playing field of Texas Stadium and hope for a direct hit.

90.   Suddenly, one spits out a stream of red fire and you take a direct hit.