1.   She had a minor stroke five years ago.

2.   Although McCormick had a minor stroke while traveling to Lourdes, France, he postponed an operation on an occluded artery to participate in the debate.

3.   As he awakes from a dream or from a minor stroke, he watches a magician friend die performing a trick on television.

4.   Besides that handicap, Sihanouk had been beset with colon cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes and several minor strokes.

5.   A blow on the head with an iron rod caused a minor stroke that nearly paralyzed his right hand, dashing any hopes of performing.

6.   A month later, he was hospitalized for two weeks after suffering a minor stroke.

7.   A minor stroke followed, then a series of awkward falls.

8.   Alma sailed through a knee replacement a decade ago and a minor stroke after that, but her real worry was glaucoma.

9.   But a minor stroke is not unusual at that age.

10.   Five of them will be attending the dinner, and a friend will stand in for Jones, who lives in England and is recovering from a minor stroke.