1.  At 2:05 p.m. it stood at 8028, up 52.

2.  At midday, it stood at 9,945, down 9 points.

3.  At the end of the quarter it stood at 4157.69, up 8.4 percent for the January-March period.

4.  For three days, it stood on its pedestal behind velvet ropes at Buffalo's Walden Galleria.

5.  For much of the last two centuries it stood as a physical proxy for the financial strength of economies.

6.  In 1994, it stood at 39 billion francs.

7.  In a messy, confusing world, it stood for clarity.

8.  In 1981, it stood at 8.9 percent, before falling to 3.8 percent in 1982.

9.  In 1994 it stood at 90 percent.

10.  In 4,263 regular-season and playoff games, it stands as the most savage beating in the 49-year history of the franchise.