11.   The proposed reopening and expansion of a historic downtown plaza, meanwhile, would be a gesture for residents.

12.   They addressed the crowd in a downtown plaza and picked up the endorsement of the American Nurses Association.

13.   Peasants trucked in by the government from the countryside gathered in a downtown Caracas plaza to protest the stoppage.

14.   A huge and boisterous crowd at a downtown plaza rocked to country music, but grew quieter and smaller as the counting rolled past midnight Tuesday.

15.   But it ended peacefully, as demonstrators shared a downtown plaza with police horses and merry-go-round steeds before moving on to other events.

16.   Dozens of former teammates, friends, relatives and sponsors joined Montana for his nationally televised farewell to fans outdoors in a downtown plaza.

17.   Fifth-grade flamenco dancer Brittany Sandoval is used to performing in school gymnasiums or on a small, outdoor platform in the downtown plaza.

18.   He was expected to hold a rally later in the evening in a downtown Lima plaza.

19.   In Mexico City, Cubans joined the May Day march in the downtown Zocalo plaza to collect money to erect a statue of Guevara in Mexico.

20.   Resentment simmered in a corner of a downtown plaza in Caracas where Chavez supporters had frequently handed out flyers supporting his policies and railed against his critics.