31.   Although Russian artillery and rocket fire reached deeper into the southern part of Grozny Friday, Russian troops did not encircle the city and close it off.

32.   American businessmen may have feared closing off markets or oil contracts, but that does not excuse them, and certainly not the rest of us.

33.   And that is only one of the ways in which we close off our market.

34.   And they are not closed off but open to the casino.

35.   Any city where interstates intersect ought to be closed off, paved over and boarded up.

36.   Armored personnel carries were trying to close off the area.

37.   As a Marine, Rodriguez learned for the first time that his lack of discipline and self-respect as a child had closed him off from a bright future.

38.   As tension between the two sides remained high, Israelis have closed off travel between most Palestinian cities, calling it a necessary move while they investigate the bombing.

39.   At one point, the entire borough of Staten Island was closed off in a hunt for a suspect who turned out to be a phantom.

40.   At one point, the entire borough of Staten Island was closed off in a manhunt for a suspect who turned out to be a phantom.