1.   The two teachers descended on the fieldstone compound in the Great Smoky Mountains like weary soldiers in desperate need of rest and relaxation.

2.   Hundreds of weary U.S. soldiers descended from the Afghan mountains after a grueling battle against al-Qaida forces as the U.S. Army said ground fighting was slowing down.

3.   Hundreds of weary U.S. soldiers descended from the Afghan mountains after a grueling eight-day battle against enemy holdouts.

4.   In Stalin Park on the river bank, martial music blared from loudspeakers to pep up weary soldiers lugging sandbags to the dikes.

5.   Weary soldiers with blackened faces sat atop light tanks or shuffled alongside, smoking cigarettes.

6.   Weary soldiers with blackened faces and in greasy uniforms sat atop light tanks or were smoking cigarettes and shuffling their muddy boots on the wet tarmac.