11.   Puccini and family descend the steps of the Viareggio villa to which he reluctantly moved when Torre del Lago had become too populated for his taste.

12.   They descended the steps of University Christian Church with heavy hearts yesterday, the Masters Tournament champions and the double-digit handicappers.

13.   This is to make the stair user comfortable as he or she climbs or descends the steps.

14.   When a former federal prosecutor descended the courthouse steps, she was mobbed by reporters who thought perhaps she had some inside information.

15.   Tradition holds that the holy family descended the steps to start their Nile voyage.

16.   There had been massive confusion as the shots rang out at the end of the rally as Rabin descended the steps of the Tel Aviv city hall.