1.   An unusually crowded pack of politicians came to woo the West Indian vote.

2.   Insurance companies Conseco Inc. and Lincoln National Corp. were among the crowded pack of declining Indiana stocks this week.

3.   Passat certainly cuts a different sort of figure among the crowded pack of midsize cars, including perennial favorites Ford Taurus, Toyota Camry and Honda Accord.

4.   Rose left behind a crowded pack full of danger at the halfway mark of her first major international meet and was never troubled.

5.   Sorenstam was relentless on a steamy day in the desert, emerging from a crowded pack of leaders to take command of the tournament on the back nine.

6.   The two companies join an already crowded pack in the race to provide global communications via satellite.