1.   If they close their pores to avoid water loss, they shut off their ability to feed themselves and growth is slowed.

2.   Teachers kept schoolroom windows closed to avoid it.

3.   The march was called after schools in several Virginia communities were closed to avoid court-ordered integration.

4.   All commercial blood banks in the Philippines will be closed to avoid infections caused by disease-tainted blood from paid donors, health officials said Wednesday.

5.   Authorities were believed to have kept the schools closed to avoid protests until Burma was admitted as a full member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations last month.

6.   Businesses, banks and some government ministries closed to avoid being looted.

7.   Businesses, banks and some government offices closed to avoid being looted.

8.   Some shops and schools on this French Caribbean island were closed to avoid the violence.

9.   Some stores were looted in downtown Mexico city, and many others closed to avoid a similar fate.

10.   Several policemen were seen being treated for minor injuries, and many of the shops in Chinatown closed to avoid the violence.