1.  As Malcolm looks out the window and ponders the troubled state of the world, his friend rambles on about the insidious, destructive power of the bugs.

2.  A look at the new refugees in the troubled southern state of Chiapas.

3.  But directing the play is also a way to focus her thinking on the troubled state of the American theater in general, Ms. Woodward said.

4.  But in its best moments, it evokes a troubled pre-adolescent state of mind that is at once innocent and predatory and ultimately mysterious.

5.  But Russian imperialism is not only politically incorrect, it is beyond the means of the financially troubled state.

6.  For some, the fine state of the country far out-ranked the troubled state of this particular presidency.

7.  Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying a Roman Catholic bishop and other church officials in the troubled state of Chiapas, wounding three people, a church official said Wednesday.

8.  He will be called upon to produce, and immediately, because the team is in a deeply troubled state.

9.  In the election on Sunday in the troubled southwestern state of Guerrero, the two parties battled to a photo finish.

10.  Russia, though, possessor of more nuclear weapons than any other nation on Earth, remains a deeply troubled state.