1.   Area tourist agencies expected thousands more to watch from the roadways, beaches and parks.

2.   All of this was obvious Saturday night at Foxboro Stadium, when thousands of people watched Bledsoe and the Patriots practice against the Cowboys.

3.   But the tens of thousands of people watching the closing ceremony at the stadium dwarfed the numbers of protesters.

4.   He also said thousands of people watched the virtual auction on his Web site, which carried real-time postings as the bids rose.

5.   His slow drive in the white Bronco, an unprecedented media spectacle watched by thousands, was greeted by cheers when he eventually returned to his home that night.

6.   If the fervor of the past seven weeks is any indication, dozens of flashbulbs will pop and thousands will watch in awe.

7.   In a celebrity and spectacle-obsessed age, more thousands now watch those procedures being performed on the Internet.

8.   On Thursday, literally hundreds of people took the plunge and literally thousands watched them doing it.

9.   The effect is even more extreme if you participate in online discussions, where thousands can watch you type badly.

10.   Thousands of fans watched helicopters transport the seriously injured spectators.