1.   They should continue this fine opening next weekend, Lancashire tackling Durham at Seaton Carew on Saturday, Cheshire at Stockport against Northumberland on Sunday.

2.   But the opening this weekend of the latest showcase provided quite a different kind of metaphor.

3.   By contrast, television series today must succeed quickly, in the same way that new movies must have strong opening weekends.

4.   Ironically, Holly has given her approval to the Buddy Holly Center, whose opening next weekend will coincide with the music festival.

5.   It was in that capacity that he was busy running around the new resort complex during the hectic Labor Day weekend grand opening.

6.   Reeds had to cancel the long-planned Memorial Day weekend opening of its Canwood Street furniture outlet after the city refused to issue a certificate of occupancy.

7.   Small retailers received some protection from their larger competitors last year when the government restricted hypermarket weekend openings to eight days a year.

8.   Gunmen believed to be Basque separatists shot a policeman Monday at the Guggenheim Museum in an apparent bid to sabotage the opening next weekend of the museum.

9.   Moviegoers in the United States are packing opening weekends in record numbers.

10.   The summer movie season has been filled with blockbuster opening weekends, only to have revenue frequently drop by more than half the next week.