1.   Elsewhere in the capitol city, residents visited neighbors or shops and huddled around TV sets to view the televised midday ceremony.

2.   A series of related agreements were ready for signing at a midday ceremony at the presidential residence.

3.   He took the oath of office at a simple midday ceremony.

4.   Many of their former Senate colleagues filled the East Room for the midday ceremony.

5.   The midday ceremony at Windsor Castle west of London involved the queen, Kissinger and his wife, Nancy.

6.   The oath was taken at a simple midday ceremony.

7.   Thousands of Lithuanians, Belorussians and others from former Soviet states were among those at the midday ceremony conducted in bright sunshine.