11.   Finally, here are some checkpoints to consider before you compose or send a valentine.

12.   Following its ruling last week that narcotics checkpoints are unconstitutional, the court disposed of several related cases, denying review in all of them.

13.   For most Palestinians, however, the checkpoints are a source of daily hardship and humiliation.

14.   For Palestinians, checkpoints are a primary symbol of their everyday humiliation at the hands of an occupation force.

15.   For Palestinians, the checkpoint was one of the scores of detested roadblocks that divide their communities.

16.   He argued that routine checkpoints were only one element of their efforts.

17.   He said she could have made it into a crowded city had the checkpoint not been there.

18.   He said the checkpoint had been quiet.

19.   However, the checkpoint is actually at the end of the exit.

20.   In between those racetracks, there are checkpoints, where the cars must appear at a given time, to prevent cutting corners.