The President smoothed one of the red plastic ribbons of his openwork sleeve.

Only a slender yellow plastic ribbon separates them from the stream of commuters, who in turn are mostly oblivious to the workers.

Seven letters punched through in white on a blue plastic ribbon, a hair over an inch long.

They crossed the finish line in Central Park and were funneled into 18 lanes demarcated by orange plastic ribbon attached to metal rods.

"Look for a orange plastic ribbon on your side," she said, slowing to a walk.

Sybelline brushed her flowing white tresses into a Psyche knot and caught them with a colorful plastic ribbon.

And on Monday, metal poles with red plastic ribbons marked the spots where more bodies had been detected by specially trained dogs.

Its twin tape reels turned sedately, winding a brown plastic ribbon from one to the other at a moderate pace.

To one side, the press corps was corralled behind a red plastic ribbon, like wild animals.

The plastic ribbon snapped.