1.   During a critical early sequence Sunday, it was Crennel sending in the defensive calls, while Belichick stood wordlessly several yards down the sideline.

2.   Others were left to stand forlornly several blocks south and hope for the best.

3.   Part of the problem was the coarse, overly aggressive conducting of Monte, who often seemed oblivious of the singer standing several feet away.

4.   An empty baby carriage stood only several meters from where the bomb had gone off.