1.   Are they waiting to leave Chechnya and the war, which has killed tens of thousands of Chechen civilians and humiliated the once-proud Russian army?

2.   Alcoholism, after all, is a devastating illness, one that tears families apart, ruins careers and kills tens of thousands of people a year.

3.   In contrast to dirty bombs, a nuclear weapon could kill tens of thousands and spread radiation sickness.

4.   No decision taken by an American president so swiftly altered the world, conquered an enemy and leveled two large cities, killing tens of thousands of civilians.

5.   On the ground, pesticides, roaming house cats and other predators kill tens of millions more.

6.   On the Rogue downstream from here, the Savage Rapids Dam frustrates or kills tens of thousands of migrating salmon each year, fisheries biologists say.

7.   Our great hot blasts of World War II killed tens of thousands of people.

8.   Russia had just signed a cease-fire with Chechen separatist leaders after two years of fighting that had killed tens of thousands and left the republic in ruins.

9.   Such an attack, for which Aum had purchased hundreds of tons of raw materials, could have killed tens of thousands of people.

10.   Sudden oak death has killed tens of thousands of coast live oak, black oak and tan oak trees in eight counties along the California coastline.