1.   Anything would be better than the bare dirt we have now.

2.   From the top of a bare dirt hill overlooking a bone-dry river bed, the ravages of war are visible as far as the eye can see.

3.   Instead, much of the fabled movie studio remains a patch of bare dirt and concrete slabs, with a partly melted locomotive resting nearby.

4.   Millions of feet shuffling across the bare dirt kicked up thick clouds of dust that clung to clothing, stuffed nostrils and scratched throats and eyes.

5.   That meant seeds from surviving nearby stands of trees could more easily reach bare dirt.

6.   The cement window grating is shaped in Stars of David, as is the railing on the balcony over the bare dirt interior courtyard.

7.   The lawn and some landscaping for the front are included, but the big fenced back yard will be bare dirt.

8.   There is bare dirt and plywood where windows should be.

9.   This is also the time to order and spread generous layers of topsoil and compost, to improve that bare dirt.

10.   The stretch is particularly hazardous this year because there is glare ice and bare dirt in places.