1.   Ajello and other Westerners say the real danger is not renewed war but wide-scale banditry, which has already plagued many regions of the country.

2.   But she also was vaguely aware of political problems that have long plagued the region.

3.   Coping with growth, almost everyone agrees, means overcoming the transportation problem that plagues the region now, even as growth here is ongoing.

4.   Cotton fell to its lowest price in almost five months as rain forecast for West Texas in coming days could relieve drought conditions that plague the region.

5.   Cultural tensions plagued this region as long ago as the first century.

6.   In the absence of clouds, the potent May sun baked the Texas landscape, promoting the droughty conditions that plague the region.

7.   Low clouds with scattered showers will plague the region from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota south to northwest Iowa.

8.   Nonetheless, seven years after the chief Shining Path leaders were captured and the war began to wind down, poverty and lingering trauma continue to plague this region.

9.   So far, Silicon Valley has been able to avoid the ethnic and racial tensions that plague other regions that have absorbed large numbers of immigrants.

10.   The disturbance was accompanied by a surge of milder air, which will gradually replace the unseasonable chill that has plagued the region during the last week.