1.   After a couple of disastrous experiences with pets, Allen Bower did some homework before buying a bichon frise.

2.   But other schools, especially those in poor neighborhoods or with low achievement, have had disastrous experiences.

3.   Certainly there have been disastrous experiences among the people who have loaded up nuclear weapons across the country.

4.   Sorenstam simply regrouped from that disastrous experience at the U.S. Open.

5.   But no, Toyota had not given up on the Indian market, despite its disastrous experience with DCM-Toyota.

6.   Some members of the Security Council have shown little interest in peacekeeping in Africa since the disastrous experience of the U.N. mission to Somalia.

7.   The reluctance to get involved in an intra-African conflict without a clear cease-fire and peace agreement stems from the disastrous experience of the U.N. mission to Somalia.

8.   They also suspected that the Americans were reluctant to move quickly into another African crisis after the disastrous experience in Somalia.

9.   They also suspected the Americans were reluctant to move quickly into another African crisis after their disastrous experience in Somalia.

10.   But Rifkind also underlined British reservations by recalling the disastrous experience of US peacekeepers in Somalia after Washington declared its intention to hunt down a local warlord.