1.   The crowds had all gone home and the street was quiet once more.

2.   The crowd would have other things on its mind and Osman could be released.

3.   And then you have to have energy to work the party, more than the crowd has.

4.   As things turned out, a late-arriving crowd would have had plenty of time to get to their seats.

5.   But what the crowd had to say came through loud and clear.

6.   Clearly, this lawyer-heavy crowd has, sharklike, detected the faint yet distinctive smell of blood.

7.   Diesel was refueled, Bryant was connecting, Glen Rice was a factor, and for the first time, the Staples Center crowd had the arena throbbing.

8.   Freeplay usually markets them to boaters and campers, but the CES crowd had a different use in mind.

9.   He and Cathie have no illusions about who Mark and the others are -- but they take comfort in knowing that even that crowd has some sense.

10.   If the outgoing legislators spend all their money, the incoming crowd will have to raise taxes or cut local funds, requiring local communities to raise property taxes.