The officials on the pew benches were standing up, talking together in low tones.

On Sunday, military officials stood by their policy.

When he turned back the local officials stood about him in a semicircle, as if for warmth.

The elder official pulled a paper out of his pocket, passed it to Rubashov and stood again to attention.

Davis warned that officials in Washington would never stand for such a sweeping edict.

The officials stood ready to send most of the desperate refugees back to China immediately.

To say that officials merely stood by and did nothing "tells only part of the story," Justice Brennan wrote.

The first official was standing at the front door, watching them go.

The remark must have made the hair of some National Football League officials stand on end.

But local and state officials, with the law on their side, stand firm against him.