1.   A heavy overcast like a poison gas cloud was stationary over the battered city.

2.   But New York, a battered city full of bruised people, does.

3.   He has triumphed over his past political problems with a stunning performance comforting his battered city.

4.   Russian troops scattered to look for rebel snipers as Nikolai P. Koshman climbed out of his helicopter to inspect this battered Chechen city.

5.   These days, only diligent newspaper readers know that George W. Bush has backed off his personal pledge to provide aid to the battered city.

6.   A new wave of refugees sought to flee the battered city lugging their belongings with them.

7.   Amid the continual pounding of Russian artillery, civilians fled this battered city by bus, car and foot.

8.   Civilians continued to flee the battered city, but thousands more remained trapped by the fighting, running short of food, water and medicine.

9.   He said the government must now provide for the residents of the battered city, with special attention on food supplies.

10.   In a sign of the Serb stranglehold on this battered city, even water is sold on the black market.