1.   And in the Gulf War, U.S. forces used powerful bombs in an attempt to kill Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq.

2.   As Oklahoma City demonstrated, combining it with fuel oil can produce powerful bombs.

3.   As the ball descends on Times Square, a powerful bomb goes off, followed by three more.

4.   A powerful bomb also exploded near the home of a television talk-show host, Maurizio Costanzo, a vocal Mafia opponent.

5.   But the officials insisted that the investigators could not have foreseen a bomb as powerful as the one detonated this week outside the apartment complex near Dhahran.

6.   Extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed....

7.   Fearing for his life, he disconnected the phone from the box, disarming what police later said was a powerful bomb.

8.   In Gaza early Thursday morning, a powerful bomb ripped through the floor of an Israeli tank as it was escorting a convoy of settlers.

9.   Last year, the investigation intensified as investigators speculated the Unabomber was becoming more agitated and building more powerful bombs designed to kill more people.