1.   Parts of Britain are suffering water shortages after the unusually dry summer.

2.   Apple has also suffered shortages of high-end computers and other self-inflicted ills that have weighed down its product mix with large numbers of low-margin consumer machines.

3.   After the strikes, which continued intermittently through December, the area suffered a shortage of esssential goods.

4.   But Damon suffers no shortage of ambition.

5.   Eight years later, Nixon still suffers no shortage of optimism or potential.

6.   Last summer the region suffered power shortages, and the expectation is that many new gas-fired plants will be built.

7.   Many companies suffered shortages of skilled staff, though, making it difficult for them to meet the increased demand.

8.   North Korea, whose economy has been shrinking for the past seven years, has been suffering food shortages and has appealed to international organizations for assistance.

9.   Roughly one third of rural counties in the United States suffer physician shortages.

10.   THE CAR INDUSTRY is suffering a shortage of new model names, I hear.