71.   Stories abound in rural Portugal of con men who have bilked the elderly of their life savings, persuading them to swap hoarded escudos for forged euro notes.

72.   Stories abound of families perishing on the snow-capped mountains of Kurdistan or drowning when their boats capsized on the way to Greece.

73.   Stories abound of men in uniform shaking down pedestrians and drivers, or knocking on apartment doors at night demanding cash.

74.   Stories abound of Preval giving his bodyguards the slip to hug a baby in a crowd, or to go in search of good times with friends.

75.   Such stories abound in downtown Hebron these days, ahead of what seems to be the inevitable transfer of most of the city from Israeli to Palestinian control.

76.   Stories abound in Shinyanga of children, grandchildren and neighbors orchestrating the killing of elderly women whose eyes have grown red from years of cooking over cow dung fires.

77.   Stories abound - all very mysterious and rather mind-boggling - about the place.

78.   Stories of dirty tricks abounded.

79.   Similar stories abound.

80.   Stories abounded among the delegates about the messy arrangements for the meeting on Hainan.