1.   He ruled the streets in his territory like a budding Al Capone.

2.   Women and the elderly refuse to leave their apartments, for fear of the hooligans who rule the streets.

3.   But hard times rule the streets now.

4.   But in the working-class neighborhoods of Belfast where the IRA and loyalists rule the streets, the writing has always literally been on the wall.

5.   But it remains unclear whether it would have the guts to press on if tumult once again ruled the streets.

6.   But ordinary people are terrified by the gangsters and thugs ruling the streets, armed with quantities of ammunition and machine guns.

7.   But the vengeful spirit that ruled the streets during the transfer of the Sarajevo suburbs is discouraging for them as well.

8.   Feelings toward Tintin, he said, were as complex as those toward the colonial era, when foreigners ruled the streets, but the streets were paved.

9.   In affluent neighborhoods the bodyguards seem to rule the streets.

10.   Neither cars nor golf carts are allowed past the post office, leaving curly-tailed lizards to rule the streets.