41.   After the break, Ireland exhausted by the oppressive heat, retreated as Ghana pressed hard to draw level.

42.   Also, fast bowler Colin Stuart, who developed cramps during a practice game due to oppressive heat, was fit.

43.   Costa survived the oppressive heat to advance when South African Wayne Ferreira withdrew with a thigh injury in their fourth-round match.

44.   Five days before the start of equestrian events at the Atlanta Olympics, animal rights activists still fear oppressive heat and humidity could endanger the horses involved.

45.   Goran Ivanisevic had survived both his opponent and heat so oppressive it drew an appeal by women players for special precautions.

46.   Hingis, looking below her usual fitness levels, struggled in oppressive heat and was in trouble from the start.

47.   In the morning, scores of people waited patiently in oppressive heat outside the office where Tyson was meeting with Sharpton.

48.   Only four of the seven walkers, including fourth-place Gary Morgan of the United States, finished the race in oppressive heat.

49.   The Irish controlled throughout and prevailed as both sides wilted in the oppressive mid-afternoon heat.

50.   The oppressive heat of the summer is over and, as evening approaches, the lights from menorahs are burning on myriad windowsills like diamonds gleaming on black velvet.