1.   A skilled mechanic who generously provides a helping hand when his neighbors are plagued by car troubles.

2.   A Republican whose campaign against Sen. Ted Kennedy has been plagued by trouble officially won a spot on the November ballot.

3.   Mediate used to be able to do the same, until lower-back troubles plagued him to the point he had to submit to surgery.

4.   No matter what troubles have plagued the subway builders, the tunnels dug by the transit authority have been a boon to scientists.

5.   The company has also been plagued by troubles at its newly acquired Midwest operations.

6.   The purchase would strengthen a unit that has been plagued by troubles for Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Lincoln National.

7.   They settled on Duvannyi Yar, a renowned mammoth site, but troubles plagued the researchers as soon as they arrived in Russia.

8.   A Republican whose campaign against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been plagued by trouble officially won a spot on the November ballot Tuesday.

9.   Flower said injury troubles had plagued his side.

10.   Recently returned to New York after a move to Los Angeles, Hoffman says cash flow troubles still plague the family.