Despite a huge police presence, the green-uniformed officers stoically tolerated a large, ebullient crowd of spectators, including some perching in trees and atop newspaper kiosks.

As elsewhere in the falling Soviet nation, ebullient crowds had pulled down statues of Lenin in recent days as symbols of the party's demise.

An ebullient crowd clung to the railing as the ferry pulled into dock.

Mr. Dukakis was greeted by an ebullient crowd of perhaps 1,000 people, an oom-pa-pa band and a group of beaming cheerleaders.

If the Islamic Republic dares to mow down those ebullient crowds, it will write itself a villainous chapter in history and offend the conscience of the world.

As I drove into Basra, an ebullient crowd on a truck was dragging a statue of Saddam Hussein through the streets.

A librarian and scholar of medical history, who turned 58 on Sunday, Mr. Antall spoke to an ebullient crowd at the party's Budapest headquarters.

A rival demonstration held by the ruling party was estimated at one-third the size, made up of a staider, less ebullient and older crowd.

The sun kissing the ebullient crowd of 55,581.

The two of them began walking, sharing the street with the ebullient crowds.