The police were now massed at the front.
Protesters massed at the police station, and truckloads of paramilitary officers arrived in town.
From a distance the tableau could have been mistaken for refugees massed at a border crossing.
Around midday, officers massed at Washington Square Park and were bound for Times Square later in the afternoon.
By sunset though, dozens of tanks had massed at the city's southern entrance, said activists from the Coordinating Committees.
The enemies are not only massed at the gates of the kingdom, but they have also broken through.
As many as 250 Serbs later massed at the two bridges over the river Ibar that divides the two communities.
And despite the cold and blustery weather — which Mr. Romney's wife declared "finally feels like winter in Iowa" — hundreds of voters massed at events around this city.
Many of the people who massed at his home on Friday said they were waiting for cues from Mr. Aristide on whom to vote for.
The tens of thousands of troops, plus tanks and artillery, massed at the border made it clear that this was not an idle threat.
At present Army troop carriers & tanks are being prevented from entering the center of the city by thousands of Beijingers massed at every turn.
