31.  If you think your dog is missing, search the immediate area first, Guyton advises.

32.  Japan has no nuclear weapons of its own and no ability to transport its forces by air or sea beyond its immediate area.

33.  Large anthrax particles fall to the ground and present a danger only to those in the immediate area.

34.  Left to be known is whether the Astrodome experience will be repeated downtown, or if the ballpark really will stimulate a revival in the immediate area.

35.  Like Yankees fans, few of his clients come from the immediate area.

36.  Mainly, you should eat the honey of your immediate area, whether you live in Montpelier, Vt., or Tacoma, Wash.

37.  Mine-removal experts have cleared people from the immediate area around the home and hope to detonate the bomb later in the week.

38.  NATO is also authorized to retaliate against Bosnian combatants who violate U.N. bans on heavy weapons in the immediate area around Sarajevo and the eastern town of Gorazde.

39.  No taps are in the immediate area because that is the Nevada Test Site where the government has exploded hundreds of nuclear bombs, above and below ground.

40.  Nor does much of the immediate area on the Maryland side appear so different.