She was not really frightened, for many times before had the dead mother returned in the watches of the night to comfort her stricken children.

Erickson swore loudly, then immediately dropped onto the floor beside the stricken child.

David shuddered as he looked down at the stricken child.

And he wanted to cry out like a stricken child because none of the decisions were his.

Still, these stricken children must be counted among the relatively blessed of their generation; the care they receive is the best available.

Five of the stricken children had also eaten in the school cafeteria, he said.

AIDS is also killing teachers and nurses who care for stricken children.

Meanwhile he fretted over the meaning of the stricken child.

"Each dot represents a stricken child," Ferry said.

One of the stricken children is his son.