1.  Clouds and light showers will precede the next front in northwest Washington.

2.  The next big front in the tax wars is likely to be the alternative minimum tax.

3.  A gradual drying trend will start on Saturday afternoon and will probably last until Monday before the next front arrive to our area.

4.  Crime-infested gorge in former Soviet Georgia could be next front in war on terror.

5.  Pankisi, a sparsely populated patch of rocky mountains bordering Chechnya, could become the next front in the U.S.-led war against terrorism.