1.   A huge wave struck the side of our boat, almost capsizing it.

2.   And then the second wave struck.

3.   I had only reached my room and was starting to undress when I felt as though a heavy wave had struck our ship. . . .

4.   In the tiny maximum-security prison cell where Salinas has spent the last three and a half years, he has been struck by wave after wave of new allegations.

5.   The Associated Press said the first wave also struck the Kandahar airport, destroying radar facilities and the control tower.

6.   When the reality wave struck, NBC just stood there on the beach with its surfboard tucked under its arm, feet sunk in the sand.

7.   But as a wave of opposition strikes and protests have paralyzed Serbia, the main Yugoslav republic, discontent also was spreading among staff of state media.

8.   Disaster authorities said the wave struck to the west of the town of Aitape in the West Sepik province, hitting at least four villages.

9.   Japan has an elaborate tsunami-warning system, but sometimes waves strike too quickly for it to be effective, as happened in Okushiri.

10.   Japan has an elaborate tsunami-warning system, but sometimes waves strike too quickly for it to be effective.