21.   The fish industry has been taking a severe beating.

22.   The image of the image-conscious Rodriguez took a severe beating in the explanation Phillips gave for withdrawing from the chase.

23.   The majority of observers believe he was saved from a severe beating.

24.   The severe beating that killed Elisa and the signs of abuse that pocked her body made this a particularly gruesome death, shocking even hard-core crime scene veterans.

25.   Their frail, bruised bodies bear witness to their reports of severe beatings.

26.   The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday that all aid operations in West Timor have been suspended following the severe beating of three relief workers by pro-Indonesia militiamen.

27.   They underwent severe beatings when they were first imprisoned in Kosovo, and some were injured during the NATO bombing and a police raid on the Dubrava prison.

28.   Though no one has ever been charged with his death, fellow Africans say that his body bore the marks of severe beatings.

29.   When he was released from the hospital, he learned that his client, Dugolli, had died in police custody after severe beatings, the researchers said.

30.   A British soldier was in a Canadian hospital Monday with cuts and broken limbs from a severe beating over the weekend.