11.   But the real variable could be the stiff winds that often swirl up to the top of the ridgeline from the river below.

12.   Dancers in white tunics swirled to drums.

13.   It was opening night at Cuba Libre, a Latin cigar bar, and revelers swirled to salsa tunes as bottle-flipping bartenders rustled up cocktails.

14.   The National Hurricane Center switched over to backup generators when the power went out Friday morning, blacking out computer screens as Hurricane Irene swirled to the southeast.

15.   Tropical Storm Noel swirled to life Wednesday and began a curving march across the eastern Atlantic Ocean, breaking a brief lull in the busiest hurricane season in decades.

16.   Tropical Storm Keith swirled to life Friday in the northwest Caribbean from a depression that has been soaking much of Central America.