11.   As Christopher Ruemke, the manager of the trading room, led a commodities workshop with his students, Bauml sat nearby with a telephone to each ear.

12.   As he prayed at the memorial of flowers, flags and candles, he saw the older man sitting nearby, on a bench along the Liberty Walk.

13.   As Maradona ate lunch at an outdoor cafe last Saturday, the faithful formed an autograph chorus near his table or sat nearby in awe and admiration.

14.   As Ms. Mosser spoke at the sentencing hearing for Kaczynski, he sat nearby, sandwiched between two defense lawyers.

15.   Banderas, who is sitting nearby listening, reminds her the response cards to the sneak preview were good, and she giggles again.

16.   A charred truck sat nearby.

17.   A computer mouse sits nearby, awaiting a human touch.

18.   A man sitting nearby glanced nervously at the ceiling.

19.   A homeless man sitting nearby expressed surprise that the slain man was armed only with a knife.

20.   A young man sitting nearby stood up and strode across an aisle to shake her hand.