1.   If we talked back to the teacher, we got two strokes on the palm.

2.   The church clock doled out ten strokes on its tinny bell.

3.   Bamboo, pine and apricot are like brush strokes on a canvas.

4.   A few strokes on the keyboard can link Belgrade to Boston in the time it takes to make a phone call.

5.   A few touch-tone strokes on the phone delivered me directly to one who was there.

6.   A live, though slow and choppy, video clip shows the PumaPaint robot responding, reproducing your strokes on an actual canvas.

7.   Couples never led by fewer than three strokes on the back nine.

8.   From his first few strokes on the pedals, it was obvious that he was disregarding the weather.

9.   Handler suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his daughter, Carol E. Handler.

10.   He lost three strokes on the first three holes.