Hearing this, veteran observers of city politics howled.

This, say veteran Middle East observers, is like trying to fine-tune a volcano.

But to many veteran observers, the gathering appeared to be less than that.

If the polls this time are like the last few dozen polls, veteran observers predict that the President will make a speech.

But most of the attention was focused on the State Senate race, which veteran political observers agree is too close to call.

Amid the conflicting accounts of when Horizon's day will finally come, some veteran observers are casting a somewhat skeptical eye to the whole thing.

In this, veteran observers of the Latin American left see history repeating itself, and not necessarily as farce.

To most veteran observers of the Tour, it was the largest crowd ever seen all along a day's route.

Even veteran observers were astounded by the brightness of the night sky.

Stenvig received 62 percent of the vote in the election, surprising many veteran political observers in the city.