1.   Ampersands litter the landscape like the cherry blossoms of spring.

2.   And South Korea and Japan, the only two competitors for the tournament, are prepared to litter the landscape with cash.

3.   And the online shopping landscape is littered with failures like Pets.com, Boo.com, and Furniture.com.

4.   And the mergers-and-acquisitions landscape is littered with corporate-suite casualties.

5.   As with Presidents Nixon and Reagan, the landscape is littered with aides taking the fall.

6.   Aggressive store expansions have littered the landscape with competing retailers, and more bankruptcy filings are expected.

7.   But heaps of garbage litter the landscape.

8.   But reminders of war still litter the landscape.

9.   But vacant lots and buildings still litter its landscape, an ominous and enduring blight amid change.

10.   But, like the unexploded ordnance that litters the landscape, dangers lurk everywhere once you touch ground.