21.   They are notably bad-tempered during the March-to-May mating season, and there were scattered reports of goose aggression.

22.   There were scattered reports that Serbs have used ethnic Albanians as human shields to try to confound allied attacks.

23.   Though there are scattered reports of banks scouting around for lending opportunities, the banks seem mostly to have plunked large sums of their new money into government bonds.

24.   A crackdown launched in July has cut into the flow, but scattered reports indicate imports of some industrial materials and other goods are creeping back up.

25.   A state of emergency was declared and the National Guard was called out after receiving scattered reports of homes being looted.

26.   Already, there have been scattered reports of looting and violence in cities captured by the alliance.

27.   And scattered reports of problems have popped up in Ireland, England and Greece.

28.   And police did not appear to be making any moves Friday, though there were scattered reports of some squatters preparing to leave farms on their own.

29.   As night fell, there were scattered reports of broken windows around downtown, where some businesses were boarded up in case of new violence.

30.   At least two people were killed and emergency officials said there were early, scattered reports of damaged houses and of major highways closed by landslides.