1.   A Corvette sits on the front lawn, propped up by cement blocks.

2.   Almost everyone else lives in grim, Soviet-style cement apartment blocks.

3.   But inside, the cement block, pocked plaster, graffiti and litter are almost as depressing as in any inner city.

4.   By holding onto a rope that is attached to a buoy on the surface and anchored with a cement block to the bottom, we made our way down.

5.   Eventually, with donated cement blocks, real walls went up.

6.   For years the Energy Department has promised to clean nearly all the radioactivity out of bomb wastes here that are to be secured in giant cement blocks.

7.   He was found submerged and pinned by cement blocks that had collapsed.

8.   However, where boxes are stacked against one of the walls the unpainted cement block is damp and there is a moldy smell.

9.   Is there any other material you can suggest other than bricks or cement blocks?

10.   Interfax also reported that the road into Grozny was obstructed with large cement blocks and lined with armed civilians gathered at villages and bridges.