1.   The pipe will rupture at its weakest point.

2.   The pipe ruptured because of high water pressure.

3.   Asbestos had spewed into the air near her apartment when a steam pipe ruptured last week.

4.   No one was injured in the blast, which was caused when a pipe ruptured.

5.   Typically, when a pipe ruptures, the water pressure immediately drops elsewhere and other pipes are not damaged.

6.   It quoted officials of the state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp. as saying the pipe probably ruptured because it was old and worn.

7.   Japanese newspapers reported in Thursday morning editions that a pipe ruptured during the test, letting out a minute amount of radiation within the reactor but none outside.

8.   The pipe ruptured Wednesday evening.