1.   Surgeons were surprised that Daniel Kelly survived the assault, the High Court in Edinburgh heard yesterday.

2.   Almost six years ago the men and women who served us honorably in the Persian Gulf War survived enemy assault.

3.   As painted graffiti was blasted off the rock, ancient pictographs were discovered, and they had barely survived the assault.

4.   A tree with less lignin, for instance, is unlikely to survive insect assaults without pesticides and would not survive in the wild.

5.   Academic art, which had survived the assaults of the Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and Fauvists, remained an appealing target.

6.   Both the Commerce Department and NIST survived the assault, but agency officials are still wary of possible new initiatives to pare down the institute.

7.   But Reps. Steve Stockman of Texas and Helen Chenoweth of Idaho, both Republican freshmen from conservative districts, survived similar assaults by environmentalists.

8.   But some experts say the terrorist network is perfectly situated to survive the assault on its brain trust.

9.   But the essential goodness of the PT is likely to survive all assaults.

10.   David McVicker, who survived an assault by Bonin, wept and embraced Sandra Miller, the mother of victim Russell Rugh.