1.   Shops were shut and offices closed, trams stood still and even rickshaws had disappeared from the deserted streets.

2.   I heard myself speaking calmly in a low tone, telling her how I would be looking into some other business now that this office was closing.

3.   And regular New Yorkers turned to each other, because their offices closed early, or because they needed to be with others.

4.   As the Lamm-for-President office closed here on Tuesday, Anderson ran through a list of complaints against Perot.

5.   At the same time, a suspicious letter with a powdery white substance forced the New York Times offices closed and a third-floor newsroom emptied.

6.   Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman authorized state offices to close today if roadways are too hazardous.

7.   But last August, funds were quietly withdrawn and the New York office closed without an official announcement.

8.   But no one in my office expected the New York field office to close.

9.   But some offices just closed for good -- all part of a extensive restructuring.

10.   But the Red Cross offices closed for the weekend on Friday afternoon and the senior local official was in Pakistan to celebrate the end of Ramadan.