51.   The crowd grew silent Thursday morning as Earl Woods stood in Central Park, his voice cracking with emotion.

52.   The crowd grew silent, then rose in applause, as Springsteen began to sing.

53.   The crowd around him grows belligerent, pointing to their watches, peeking through a gap in the gate to yell at the Pinkerton guards.

54.   The crowd grew louder and more raucous, finally peaking as the evil computer frizzled out under a battery of blood-curdling tribal screams.

55.   The crowd grew silent as Kahn called the meeting to order.

56.   The crowd grows quiet as our six heroes perform an amazing array of aerial acrobatics.

57.   The crowds have grown so much that the organization plans to open its own office, hire a staff and incorporate as a nonprofit.

58.   The friendly but persistent sidewalk crowds would grow quickly, causing bike jams, pushing, poking and a bit more attention than we wanted.

59.   The Gospels tell how, with each miraculous healing Jesus worked, the crowds around him grew.

60.   The standing-room-only crowd grew silent.