1.   Like his father, Sumnner traveled the countryside -- often alone, contract in hand -- buying up property on which he would build theaters.

2.   Since taking office, Khatami, seeking to stress his popular mandate, has been traveling the countryside in a pickup truck and meeting with the public.

3.   The tests have become commonplace, with itinerant radiologists traveling the countryside from clinic to clinic with their compact ultrasound machines.

4.   In the months leading up to the election, ruling party militants traveled the countryside, attacking opposition supporters and threatening retribution against anyone voting against their party.

5.   McClelland, who traveled the countryside on horseback before cars were commonplace, thought that would have been a more fitting way to carry the torch.