21.   The crowd surged forward to welcome its hero, trampling a stadium fence and waving the black and green Hamas flags and Palestinian banners.

22.   The crowd surged forward, climbing over barbed wire and cutting through barricades.

23.   The crowd surged forward.

24.   The crowd surged to follow him, leaving the Prices, Leonards and Verplanks of the field behind.

25.   The guide counsels hanging on to something fixed and solid, like a lamppost, and letting the crowd surge past.

26.   To reach his home, crowds surged past the ambling donkey carts, the overflowing orange garbage bins and vehicles that belched clouds of exhaust.

27.   When he shook hands after his speech, the crowd surged against the steel barricades, threatening to crush at least one woman and perhaps even overwhelm the president.

28.   After the service ended, crowds surged into the square.

29.   An hour later, Zairian commanders ordered all troops back to their barracks to await the rebel takeover, and crowds surged into the streets.