11.   Buchanan Soil Mechanics Inc. began taking samples Friday in case rain hit the area.

12.   Despite the precautions, a handful of errant U.S. bombs have hit residential areas, an unintended consequence of war, Rumsfeld has said.

13.   Does the pine cast shade, too, or block sidelight from hitting the area beneath the oak?

14.   Even rural areas were being hit hard.

15.   Even when tornadoes or damaging winds hit populated areas, intensities usually have to be estimated forensically by basing peak winds on the extent of damage.

16.   If he had hit the knee area first, he would have been penalized on the spot and fined by the league.

17.   In Boston, the group assumed the area would be hit by warheads targeted on Logan Airport, Commonwealth Pier, MIT, and Harvard University.

18.   Israel has warned of escalation if such attacks hit populated areas.

19.   Island readiness often depends on whether the area has been hit recently by a storm.

20.   No area was hit harder than Posoltega, an agricultural area near the base of La Casita volcano.