21.   But in many states restaurant patrons are simply confused about what is legal and what is not.

22.   By the fourth time, the patron is not interested, he added.

23.   Doubtless there were patrons horrified by the irreverent updating.

24.   Fast-food franchises say having more minority-owned restaurants at a time when patrons are increasingly diverse makes good business sense.

25.   For Omar, the patron was Pakistan.

26.   He acknowledged that some longtime Pate Swap Meet patrons may be disappointed that the show will no longer be held at its country site.

27.   His patrons were Sarah Morgan, a sister of J.P. Morgan, and her husband, George Hale Morgan.

28.   His more enthusiastic patrons are actors Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Peter Fonda, according to a biography given to prospective collectors at a gallery in Santa Fe.

29.   His top patron has been Goldman Sachs, the New York investment bank that has been closely tied to his administration.

30.   If Christian Thielemann and his Royal Opera orchestra rarely made the kind of elegant sounds Met patrons are used to, look to the composer more than the musicians.