Toddlers sat crowded onto blue mats as volunteers read loudly from children's books.
But Mr. Kaplan's talk drew 35 people, who sat crowded at little tables.
At his meeting with the Japanese, eight publishing executives, plus an interpreter, sat crowded around his card table, rapidly scanning the rights lists and capsule summaries, raising a hand when they wanted to see more.
For example, Taiwan's TV correspondents -- most of whom are young women -- wear them on the street, where breezes protect them, but take them off during news conferences, where they sit crowded between cameramen who have filmed in hospitals and doctors who have worked with SARS patients.
Learning is difficult Inside the Standard One class, 280 pupils sit crowded together on a potholed floor without enough legroom, their clothing dirtied by the earth.
The crowd sat mesmerized.
The large crowd sat patiently, still listening.
The crowd sat restlessly waiting for the results.
The crowd sat in the cold counting those final minutes.
The heat was overpowering, and the home crowd sat mute in anxiety.
