51.   As word spread of the library as an available resource, people began to take advantage of it.

52.   As word spread of the payouts, investors flocked to the site to participate.

53.   As word spread that Cuvee Notredame was open, the restaurant quickly took on a party atmosphere.

54.   As word spread that the courthouse was on fire, thousands of area residents mobbed the town square.

55.   As word spread, the neighbors started to gather.

56.   After word spread that Tengku Syafei Amin, a respected Islamic teacher, had been killed by the military, entire villages fled to camps.

57.   All of a sudden the word spreads around.

58.   But as word spread, Brimfield quickly became a show for collectors as well.

59.   But as word spread that the restaurant was open, dinner reservations came in steadily throughout the day.

60.   But the burial movement became a word-of-mouth sensation in Mandalay, and word of it spread to other large cities where generals closed cemeteries.