11.   But as Cardenas told Florida Republicans who gathered just before the ceremony, the close ones are all the sweeter.

12.   Crowds at the Valencia Town Center gathered hours before the doors opened, sitting in lawn chairs, wrapping themselves in blankets and merrily exchanging shopping tips with strangers.

13.   During his sermon, John Paul exhorted the multitudes of young people gathered before him to live by the Ten Commandments and by the words of Jesus.

14.   For esthetic reasons, government officials wanted the monument placed where the soldiers had gathered before the battle.

15.   He can discuss in detail the baseline testing program in which results gathered before the season from players can be compared to results after the player has a concussion.

16.   He finds it in the parking lots of stadiums around the country, where people gather hours before kickoff to eat, meet and throw badly aimed footballs.

17.   He has a tendency not to gather consensus before making decisions, Estevez said.

18.   Hundreds and their families gathered before a stage set up on the steps of City Hall in the late morning to honor acts of bravery last year.

19.   If any Klansman had harbored illusions of working the hostile crowd gathered before him Saturday, they evaporated quickly.

20.   In the process, these sites have become their own little virtual communities where people gathered before leaping onto the vastness of the Web.