1.   The ugly scenes scared the holiday crowds away.

2.   Also, salespeople harried by holiday crowds, factory workers whose jobs seem far from playful, funeral directors, accountants and bureaucrats mired in institutional regulations.

3.   Avoid holiday weekend crowds.

4.   Consumers hoping to beat the holiday crowds have been rushing on line to shop in record numbers.

5.   Despite holiday crowds, many tourist haunts are almost deserted in early December.

6.   Garces surrendered a two-run bomb to Derek Jeter in the eighth to send a chill through the holiday crowd.

7.   Grant, who for years has been a staple on the Christian and Christmas tour circuit, has some definite ideas about how to handle a holiday crowd.

8.   However, it closed Tuesday to retain what little snow it had for holiday crowds.

9.   Like a holiday crowd oohing and aahing over an extraordinarily long fireworks display, investors are watching this everlasting bull market with increasing disbelief.