21.   South Africa and Egypt may have more powerful armies, but no African country is more involved in the security arrangements of its surrounding region than Nigeria.

22.   The city faces Osaka Bay, on the Pacific Ocean, and is the principal port to the city of Osaka and the surrounding region, known as Kansai.

23.   The companies say that public schools in more than a half-dozen other states, including some in New York City and the surrounding region, are considering their offerings.

24.   The federal government declared Butte and the surrounding region to be the biggest Superfund cleanup site in the country.

25.   The greatest danger, all experts agree, is to the surrounding region in Russia itself.

26.   The only problem was that the surrounding region was under the control of the French.

27.   While cities have been emptying, the surrounding regions have been growing in response to changing needs of Ohioans, according to the report.

28.   Over the next year, sales in the surrounding Catalonia region of Spain jumped sevenfold.

29.   Pratt said she expects the restrictions will be narrowed to affect only New Mexico or the surrounding region.

30.   A fierce snowstorm paralyzed the Pacific port city of Vladivostok and the surrounding region Monday.