But it would be a mistake to judge the health of the movement by the size of Sunday's crowds.
The modest size of Tuesday's increase means it is unlikely to significantly slow the demand for housing, said Gregory Klump, the chief economist of the Canadian Real Estate Association.
For a federal securities class action, the size of Friday's Merrill settlement is surpassed only by the Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and Cendant settlements, according to Joseph A. Grundfest, a professor of securities litigation at Stanford University Law School.
Not all underground tests leak their explosive residues into the atmosphere or surrounding waters, and some say tests of the size of Tuesday's blast are probably strong enough to seal any cracks in the rocks.
It was hard to believe that, with the exception of the centre-half Michael Morrison and now winger Lloyd Dyer, this was the same group of players whose 8-0 home thrashing by Bournemouth – in front of a crowd less than half the size of Saturday's – left them second bottom of the Championship.
This may not be what Wallaby supporters want to hear at such a crucial moment but Cheika, without a number of senior players who featured in last year's World Cup final, appears to be trying to ensure his younger squad members are not overawed by the size of Saturday's challenge.
Yaron Deckel, the host of a popular morning radio discussion program, said in an interview that while he was amazed at the size of Saturday's demonstration and the participation of people between ages 25 and 40, the talk of some new revolutionary era was ill-informed.
Despite the size of Sunday's victory in upper house elections, he said the public could quickly turn against his Liberal Democratic Party if it failed to deliver on its campaign promises to spread the benefits of the turnaround to more of the population.
TEL AVIV — For many Israelis, the size of Saturday night's protests against the high cost of living and for social justice will serve as a barometer of whether the popular movement that began in this Mediterranean city and swept the country this summer is thriving or fading.
Scientists said the relatively small size of Tuesday's blast calmed, at least temporarily, their worst fears: that the North's recent references to more powerful hydrogen bombs indicated the possibility that it might have at least enough technology to try to test one.
