11.   In Chechnya, village women have begged Russian and Chechen fighters to stop.

12.   In addition, Chechen village women have scolded and begged both rebel and Russian commanders to move or halt, and some have agreed.

13.   In Rajasthan, the president danced spontaneously with village women.

14.   In scores of cases every year, village women strike back by killing their husbands, only to face long terms in prison.

15.   Last Wednesday, village women ran the military out of town, ordering them to stay away from the shell-shocked hamlet.

16.   Lorna Roebke brought a bouquet of garden flowers that she had purchased from an elderly village woman on the dock.

17.   Ms. Rusmiati is among hundreds of young village women from across Java who work at the factory, which makes clothes for large U.S. retailers like the Gap.

18.   One features a yuppie in rimless eyeglasses and a tie, the next a village woman with a gold tooth wearing a head scarf and embroidered dress.

19.   Out of jealousy, infertile village women even accused other women.

20.   She spent seven years in Africa, where she taught village women the art of mohair weaving.