41.   I got adept at the group-pet, my hands working the crowd like a ginsu chef.

42.   I think I absorb a lot of stuff out there from him, seeing how he works the crowd, how he reacts to his fans.

43.   Hundreds of people had gathered to watch Mr. Dole vote, and he worked the crowd, shaking hands and embracing old friends.

44.   Imagine handing Hillary Clinton a microphone and asking her to work the crowd.

45.   In that southerly region, tourists often outnumber family members at public Hindu cremation ceremonies, and T-shirt and soft-drink vendors work the crowds.

46.   Inside the ritzy ballroom of the Regent Beverly Wilshire, across the street from the boutiques of Rodeo Drive, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California is working the crowd.

47.   It was she who gamely worked the crowd of fourth-graders as she and her husband toured a computer laboratory in front of the cameras.

48.   Kennedy spent Memorial Day working the crowds at parades.

49.   Jennings thanked the sculptor on behalf of the coalition for opening up his studio, then worked the crowd gregariously on his way out the door.

50.   Later, as Clinton enthusiastically worked the crowd, Hammerschmidt remained on the podium, taking pictures of the president.