1.   Saturday, police suspended parking regulations, allowing Parisians to drive into town and park anywhere, including the middle of the street, and do their Christmas shopping.

2.   They put them everywhere, including the middle of highways.

3.   Satterfield, the tournament MVP, had six points in overtime, including the middle four of the run to open the extra session.

4.   Many of those retrenched came from the battered manufacturing sector and included middle to upper level executives.