1.   At any time, Mayor Archer can recite the exact number of abandoned homes still standing.

2.   Abandoned homes with gaping holes in the walls are a common sight.

3.   Croatia has begun to pack the abandoned Serb homes in the southern Krajina region with displaced ethnic Croats from Bosnia and Serbia.

4.   Nobody broke into abandoned homes to rob his neighbors.

5.   Relief workers say some people, needing a place to sleep, are slipping into abandoned homes at night.

6.   The bus passes blighted streets dotted with abandoned homes, littered streets and vagrants gulping alcohol from bottles.

7.   The bank, post office and government offices occupy makeshift quarters in abandoned homes scattered about the island like jackstraws.

8.   They have spent the intervening time hiding in abandoned homes in Pristina or in remote villages waiting for the opportunity to flee.

9.   They spend countless hours after school admiring gang tags on walls, on abandoned homes, and in gutters.

10.   Yet, this quiet community comprised of meandering rural routes, abandoned homes and no industry is hardly a place for the accidental tourist.