21.   The Dominican Republic, on the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, has been the country hardest hit so far by Georges.

22.   The worry is that China could be the next country hit.

23.   Vaughn, writer of many country hits, told the kind of true story that keeps songwriters plugging away year after year.

24.   While Thailand initially seemed to be the country hardest hit by the economic contagion, problems in Indonesia have now surpassed those of other nations in the region.

25.   Yearwood got the country hit, while Rimes got a pop smash.

26.   The country worst hit by the illness is Nigeria, followed by Burkina Faso.