11.  Ash is pulverized rock, a lot like talcum powder, and it falls to the ground only in the immediate area of the eruption, he says.

12.  Because these are Metro columnists, their subject matter on some days may be too local to be of interest outside the immediate Boston area.

13.  Bellingham already has a large power plant and five more are proposed for the immediate area.

14.  After nearly a century of making comfortable livings selling cars in their immediate areas, car dealers now face one of the most difficult environments in years.

15.  After Oslo, the Labor governments of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres virtually froze construction in all settlements except those in the immediate Jerusalem area.

16.  After the fatal mudslide, authorities told residents of the immediate area to leave.

17.  But Brodie remains a terrific cruiser mountain with all the amenities including three motels in the immediate area.

18.  But he said he expected difficulties even if there were no fighting in the immediate area of any relief corridor.

19.  But less than an hour later, some rescue workers in the immediate area were forced to flee as other buildings seemed in danger of collapse.

20.  But Stone said it would not be limited only to the immediate area where the anthrax was found.