21.   What is distinct about Santa Barbara architecture is its blend of century-old adobe houses, renowned mission churches, and lush tropical horticulture.

22.   After their one-hour meeting, Sharon escorted Khouna outside the two-story white adobe house where he has been convalescing from a bout with the flu.

23.   An adobe house in rural New Mexico designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

24.   Conditions were precarious for these villagers even before Pauline swept away their corn and bean crops, drowned their chickens and blasted their adobe houses.

25.   Frightened families erected tents outside the ruins of their collapsed adobe houses, and flocked to parks and sports stadiums that had been converted into temporary refuges.

26.   Large piles of dirt were all that remained where the adobe houses once stood.

27.   One woman was seen on TV pointing to bullet holes in her adobe house, and described how she and her children had sought shelter under the beds.

28.   The ceremony was performed in San Pedro Jocopilas, where short, cobblestone streets end in dirt roads that lead to adobe houses and cornfields in outlying communities.

29.   The most badly affected area was around the epicenter, where a number of old adobe houses caved in, especially in the cities of Vicuna and Illapel.

30.   The most heavily damaged area was around the epicenter, where a number of old adobe houses caved in, especially in the cities of Vicuna and Illapel.