1.   When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great grey prairie on every side.

2.   Housing developers are once again rushing headlong with speculative tracts, relentlessly chewing up huge chunks of the great American prairie stretching eastward from Denver.

3.   The breeze that blew across the great American prairie Monday night was cool but moderate.

4.   The great American prairie has largely disappeared.