1.   Thousands of travellers turned up, and although police say the weekend went well, there were complaints of noise, drug abuse and a lack of police presence.

2.   Although executives refused to say anything about how their weekend went, retail experts said Wal-Mart stores were jammed from coast to coast.

3.   And so the weekend went well for Kmart, said Shawn M. Kahle, a company spokeswoman, especially for the store at One Penns Plaza.

4.   As throwback weekends go, this was a howler.

5.   All in all, the weekend went off without a hitch.

6.   Having the next Cup weekend go as well as this one would suit Bahre fine.

7.   Otherwise, USC coach Henry Bibby was asked how his weekend was going.

8.   The second weekend was going to be when everything came together.

9.   The weekend will go a long way in determining where the Bruins fit in the conference race.

10.   There goes your weekend.