1.   Home fans will hoist their index fingers before and during games.

2.   But they watched the feared English fans hoist their girlfriends onto their shoulders and toast their triumph with bottles of coke.

3.   While the fans hoisted hockey sticks with placards supporting the team, they assailed the NHL and Nordiques president Marcel Aubut.

4.   Football-crazed fans hoisted family members of the team players on their shoulders and crowded into restaurants and bars where they made lavish toasts.