11.   Kicking sand in the face of local suppliers or using just about any of these apparently outrageous strategies sounds like suicide to most traditional retail or service businesses.

12.   No longer do they have to engage in discussions of getting beach-front sand kicked in their faces every time they play in Miami.

13.   Noisy critics of the Sydney Olympics kicked sand in the eyes of the organizers Monday in a beach protest staged to attract television coverage and force concessions.

14.   Should that happen, at least he will go out as Bill Weld and not some wishy-washy weakling who let Jesse Helms kick sand in his face.

15.   The days of kicking sand in our face are over.

16.   The new, post-sensitive male has arrived, and he will kick sand in your face.

17.   These were ads for the Charles Atlas body building program that showed some skinny guy getting sand kicked in his face on the beach by a hunk.

18.   They can kick sand at the beach volleyballers.

19.   They are back in the role of invincible bullies, presumed to kick sand in the faces of the Nets, the latest surprise challenger from the East.

20.   Tourists were furious about getting sand literally kicked in their faces.