21.   They met the president Tuesday morning after he spoke before thousands at California State University, Northridge.

22.   They were out by the thousands at the street party on Ocean Avenue.

23.   Tuesday, addressing the thousands at the park gathering, his lamentation became a kind of invocation.

24.   Prosecutors said Kayishema then launched a series of brutal attacks against Tutsi men, women and children, killing thousands at four sites.

25.   Back home, she was greeted by thousands at a welcoming parade.

26.   But he also could also drop thousands at the gaming tables without blinking.

27.   Earlier in the day Mandela addressed an enthusiastic crowd of several thousand at a stadium in the nearby black township of Sebokeng.

28.   Guitars from rock music icons brought in thousands at an auction Wednesday, with a rare Gibson Sunburst guitar played by the late Jimi Hendrix topping the sales.

29.   He was addressing a crowd of several thousand at his holiday resort of Pieve Di Cadore.

30.   Locally, the dispute prompted Venezuelans to line up by the thousands at gasoline stations, fearing shortages.