1.   ...a ruggedly beautiful wilderness.

2.   As a working architect in this ruggedly beautiful haven for dropouts from the American mainstream, Michael E. Reynolds never did think much of skyscrapers.

3.   As his catamaran bounced atop the Pacific waves, the captain pointed ahead toward the ruggedly beautiful cliffs along the Na Pali coast.

4.   The carved stone images of centuries of royals form an eerie supine congregation in the ruggedly beautiful space.

5.   The ruggedly beautiful Maine coastal scenery is another reason people love to sail up here.

6.   The Taliban clique soon became an armed militia, and it had no shortage of logistical help as it marched from victory to victory across this ruggedly beautiful country.

7.   Free zone status would have granted the ruggedly beautiful Mediterranean island tax breaks to stimulate investment and encourage exports.

8.   In the ruggedly beautiful southern Siberian region of Buryatia, there is a group of homeless people who survive in some of the most awful conditions anywhere.

9.   In the days that followed, residents of Nousada began returning to their ruggedly beautiful town and its rocket-ruined homes.

10.   The attacks, carried out over the past weekend, targeted post offices across Corsica, a ruggedly beautiful island bloodied by an increasingly violent separatist campaign.