1.   Eight healthy volunteers considered free from peptic ulcer disease and eight patients with endoscopically proved duodenal ulcer disease were studied.

2.   A tile is considered free if no other tile is on top of it and it has at least one open space next to it.

3.   The Court did not consider itself free to chart a different course by crafting a judge-made wrongful death action under our maritime law.

4.   The former German Democratic Republic considered itself free of all responsibility for the Holocaust.

5.   Although Singapore is a city-state generally considered free of many of the social problems plaguing the West, the government is preparing a crackdown on drug abusers.

6.   All were considered free and fair, virtual models of post-Soviet democracy.

7.   He considers himself free.

8.   International observers in Moscow say the Chechen vote cannot be considered free, but some are expected to travel to Grozny to monitor it, Interfax reported.

9.   Israel is the only Mideast nation considered free, but surging violence there was cited as a major setback.

10.   Only animals from two states in Brazil are considered free of foot-and-mouth disease.