In Mississippi, neither sports figures nor politicians are allowed in their halls of fame.
Many airports were nearly silent, their halls swept by soldiers and emptied by bomb scares.
Students at Delhi's universities were forced to vacate their halls to accommodate visitors.
Looking for a place to stay, I noticed availability in what the English refer to as their "halls of residence".
So are they going to deck their halls a little bit early in hopes of extending the magic?
No longer would tenants in these buildings have to contend with European backpackers and other transients traipsing through their halls.
Others, demonstrating a certain chic restraint, usually wait until at least Nov. 2 or 3 before decking their halls.
We wanted to transport people from their cars, and their living rooms, their bedrooms, their studies, their halls of residence, into the stadium.
The malls are also opening their halls two hours before and after shopping hours, for those who want their exercise free of consumerism.
And the collateral damage was felt by museums and cultural institutions that usually pack their halls during the week with field trips.
