1.   During the holiday rush, Netcom experienced a crush of Internet users, many of them armed with newly bought personal computers.

2.   All this in time for the holiday shopping rush.

3.   And the November and December holiday rush accounts for half of all sales and profits for many retailers.

4.   As the annual holiday shopping rush begins, friends and family are already wishing and hoping.

5.   At PETsMART, the holiday rush to buy pet presents starts the last two weeks before Christmas.

6.   After all, it was the holiday rush.

7.   Airlines and airports say they are prepared for the holiday rush.

8.   But Cesa said that during the holiday tourist rush in November and December, all businesses in New York City compete for tourists.

9.   But city officials indicated they would wait until after the holiday traffic rush to attempt the complex task of shifting operations from one airport to the other.

10.   But the government is asking the airlines to cooperate in order to cut congestion on these flight paths in time for the Thanksgiving holiday rush.