1.   A coffee-table book on the Pacific Northwest stood out among the nearly empty shelves of the downstairs library.

2.   After the frantic going-out-of-business sale, Kelly returns to the shop one last time and surveys its empty shelves.

3.   California began hunting for cut-rate electricity Tuesday but, like any last-minute shopper, found its options limited by high prices and nearly empty shelves.

4.   Empty shelves in the display window at Cartier in the concourse, Thursday.

5.   In the government-run department store, clerks have draped cheap bathroom rugs over the empty shelves to mask the shortages.

6.   Inside, books, posters and papers are scattered on the floor or on mostly empty shelves.

7.   Japanese and European manufacturers are all too happy to fill any empty shelves, while many American goods will still come in through the back door.

8.   No more staring at empty shelves on a Saturday night.

9.   Once again, this is a city of empty shelves and rapidly climbing prices, lines, hoarding, black marketeers, bank runs, and panic buying.

10.   One is empty shelves.