31.   When the wheels of the old jet got mired in the desert sand, the mission was scuttled.

32.   Wolfgang Puck was the first celebrity chef to draw a line in the desert sand when he opened Spago in the Forum Shops of Caesars Palace a decade ago.

33.   A fierce sandstorm blew across Egypt again Tuesday, pushing clouds of desert sand through Cairo and driving many people indoors to take shelter behind taped windows and doors.

34.   A state-of-the-art tank churns through desert sands.

35.   Akram also has the distinction of claiming two hat-tricks, both earned in the desert sands of Sharjah.

36.   American Craig Breedlove is taking a second day off with a balky fuel pump and problems with desert sand in his wheel bearings.

37.   Desert sand fused into a radioactive green glass.

38.   Earlier, swirling winds had kicked up the desert sand and left a thin layer of grit on the courts.

39.   Every March and April, the Khamaseen tends to blow across Egypt, carrying desert sand into the cities and towns of the Nile Valley.

40.   He said the remarkable preservation stemmed from the extremely skilled mummification as well as the dry desert sand in which the body had been buried.