11.   To get to his apartment, he said, he has to pass six checkpoints.

12.   To get into the press conference, you had to pass two checkpoints, showing identification at each stop.

13.   To keep order, prison officials required journalists to have three types of identification to pass various checkpoints.

14.   When the parade passed the Israeli checkpoint that had been stoned, the dancers formed a circle, dancing and waving flags in view of the Palestinian zone.

15.   Overwhelmed Albanian border guards made only cursory checks as the returnees passed their checkpoint, crossed a frontier-marking bridge and arrived at the Kosovo side.

16.   Pilgrims not traveling in organized tours would either take a Palestinian taxi or walk the two miles to Manger Square once they passed the checkpoint.

17.   Palestinians trying to pass the checkpoint there would often complain of being roughed up by Israeli soldiers.

18.   Passing Serb checkpoints is rarely a pleasant experience.

19.   Agency employees sometimes need to pass Serb checkpoints as drivers or translators.

20.   Although people leaving Sarajevo do not pass Serb checkpoints, the route is well within range of Serb guns.