1.   Blind faith sent thousands of people to a pointless war.

2.   Merriam sent thousands of postcards to names taken from the lists of registered voters in Machine wards.

3.   The temblor sent thousands of office workers in Seattle fleeing into the streets.

4.   To boost his stardom, the Lottery Commission sent thousands of life-size Scratchman cutouts to stores across the state.

5.   The bank sent out thousands of form letters offering its credit card.

6.   An AOL spokeswoman said the company has sent thousands of unsolicited e-mails to AOL subscribers and hid behind phony return addresses.

7.   Analysts had expected most of the increase to occur in the East, where cutbacks to public construction programs have sent thousands of workers to the jobless lines.

8.   And they criticize a proposed limit on care at home, saying it would send thousands more into nursing homes.

9.   And to cut off any eastbound escape route, Pakistan sent thousands of soldiers to its long border with Afghanistan.

10.   As a result, some alarmed local officials want to send thousands of settlers back to the mainland.