11.   As abandoned buildings are redeveloped, families move in and watch groups go into action.

12.   As much as a year before, Army representatives had quietly approached officials in a number of Texas cities, seeking permission to stage training missions in abandoned buildings.

13.   As part of their search for Chandra Ann Levy, the intern who disappeared more than two months ago, the police began combing abandoned buildings Thursday.

14.   At a neighborhood level, churches are pressuring owners of abandoned buildings.

15.   Besides cutting the dangers posed by abandoned buildings, the effort will lead to more low-cost housing and help reduce homelessness, McGovern said.

16.   A system for inspecting abandoned buildings was in force before the fire, and the Fire Department maintains a list of dangerous buildings, Budd said.

17.   Abandoned buildings can be seen in many neighborhoods, and street lights work only intermittently.

18.   Abandoned buildings rotted, and the roof on the building across the street from the Opera House leaked so badly that rainfall seemed almost the same inside as out.

19.   Abandoned buildings are being sealed off.

20.   Abandoned buildings have been adorned with painted windows.