1.   Police stood at highways and railroad stations to halt the exodus of thousands of city dwellers.

2.   Riot police stood guard even in tiny back alleys.

3.   Traffic police stood at various points, waving the motorists onward.

4.   The poor police had never stood a chance.

5.   Along the parade route that ran from the U.S. Capitol to the White House, police stood nearly shoulder-to-shoulder.

6.   As police stood guard outside, relatives and friends came to pay respects.

7.   As the police stand aside, the militias have become increasingly brazen and visible in Dili since the voting.

8.   At the White House early Wednesday morning, uniformed police stood in the darkened streets in small clusters.

9.   Black-uniformed security police stood outside the mosque but did not intervene.

10.   A U.S. Capitol Hill police stands guard below as Senate employees line up in the Senate Hart Office building in Washington to be tested for exposure to anthrax.