31.   They sprout up by the thousands on apartment-block rooftops in the city that claims to be the oldest continually lived -in capital on earth.

32.   To avert another winter disaster, the Gelleses spent thousands on giant fans for dispelling frigid air.

33.   Paris had its faithful thousands on the glittering Champs Elysees, toasting the new year with champagne.

34.   Hundreds of thousands on buzzing motorcycles and the back of trucks have staged noisy, but good-natured, parades almost every day.

35.   Instead, the unpopular war has dragged on for six month and resulted in the deaths of thousands on both sides, many of them Chechen civilians.

36.   Investors lined up by the thousands on Wednesday to open brokerage accounts.

37.   Locals there earlier Thursday had vowed to prevent the Orange march by massing thousands on the road overnight.

38.   Refugees reported thousands still on the move within the besieged southern Serbian province.

39.   Refugees reported thousands still on the move within beseiged Kosovo.

40.   Refugees reported thousands still on the move within the southern Serbian province.