1.   As officers sift through the ashes for evidence, the man and his colleagues huddle nearby, shaking their heads in disbelief.

2.   A dozen other sleepless souls huddled nearby at a bonfire late into the night, trying to find humor in the earthquake and the desperate situations it caused.

3.   Darden asked Simpson as Rubin measured his hand, with lawyers for both sides huddling nearby.

4.   Freshly hired reporters were typing away on a recent morning, sitting before shiny blue-and-red computers, as editors huddled nearby.

5.   The Mannesmann board, whose members include Juergen Schrempp, chairman of DaimlerChrysler AG, met Thursday afternoon at Mannesmann headquarters, as advisers from both sides huddled nearby.

6.   Two more huddled nearby.

7.   Three girls huddled nearby, munching cookies and giggling.