11.   Cantor, the economic development consultant, is working with the village as a consultant on the project.

12.   He at one point describes rural New England villages as pristine, when those who have spent time in them would be hard pressed to characterize them that favorably.

13.   He portrays his village as a magical matriarchy run by stolid but generous women, from fleshy market vendors and pensive guitar players to winged angels.

14.   Long Island has a few large towns made up of many villages, and most people use their villages as their addresses.

15.   News reports from Afghanistan identified the village as Dara Wat in Uruzgan province.

16.   Often Israeli and Palestinian negotiators use the village as a neutral ground to hold difficult negotiations.

17.   Other athletes in Barcelona cited the lack of air conditioning in the village as reasons for moving out of dorms.

18.   Some people describe the villages as a human zoo.

19.   That hurdle was overcome after DiFrancesco proposed creation of a family sports and entertainment village as a replacement for the arena.

20.   That leaves the Olympic village as the major project without an immediate solution.