1.   Looking up again a few minutes later, I watched the whorl swallow a nearby slope, blurring the trees fuzzy gray.

2.   The nearby slopes offer a range of cross-country terrain.

3.   Tim and Brenda Grier have no nearby alpine slopes, but they do see a lot of cross-country skiers at their Forest Lakes Touring Center and Cabins.

4.   Troops of giant multi-armed cactuses spread out from Saguaro National Park near Tucson, covering the nearby mountain slopes.

5.   At the sight of the bulldozer, the Palestinians on the nearby slope started walking towards the construction site, but were blocked by a cordon of troops.

6.   Monastery secretary Ng Sing-tat said the temple had been allowed to reopen as the nearby slopes posed no immediate danger.

7.   The clashes spread Wednesday afternoon to villages on the nearby slopes of Mount Sar Planina, state radio reported.