31.   Other areas vulnerable to spikes in gas prices include the Northeast and California, Fischer said.

32.   Over all, the effect on homeowners outside the most vulnerable coastal areas varies from state to state, depending on different regulations and calculations of risk.

33.   Recent mini-crises have identified the rapidly mushrooming payments system as the most vulnerable area of potential danger.

34.   That group is to look at the fallout from the terrorist attacks as well as other vulnerable areas of the local economy.

35.   The authorities have set up dozens of such militia groups to prevent raids in vulnerable areas, but the brigades may themselves now be targets.

36.   The plan insures communities that agree to limit building in areas most vulnerable to floods.

37.   The worst trouble spots are in Big Sur and the Pajero area, and it is uncertain when those vulnerable areas will be repaired.

38.   The White House and Congress should quickly declassify as much of the report as possible, so that vulnerable areas can be identified and corrective measures taken.

39.   They include encouraging shore towns not to zone vulnerable areas for development and to consider carefully whether to rebuild structures destroyed by storms.

40.   This leaves newly planted soil as the only vulnerable area.