31.   Then the record crowd watched, thankfully a lot of them said, a football game.

32.   There were few cheers as the crowds watched the parade of grimly serious men carrying banners and swords.

33.   Today, couples sip cappuccino in the Piazzetta, where crowds once watched the beheadings.

34.   Yet the crowd watched.

35.   A crowd of Serbs watched the standoff from the northern side of the bridge.

36.   A capacity crowd watched the opening swim session, with organizers asking parents to put their children on their laps so more could cram in.

37.   A capacity crowd watched the opening swim session, organizers asking parents to put their children on their laps so more could cram in.

38.   A sullen crowd watched soldiers jostling the wooden crates of oranges and potatoes.

39.   A similar-sized crowd watched in a room upstairs.

40.   As crowds watched the pageant end, however, several hundred soccer fans hurled bottles at police on the Champs Elysees, provoking an angry response from riot troops.