31.   Down here, some coaches still wear ties on the sidelines.

32.   Even the male justices wear ties under their black robes, although the ties are hidden.

33.   Everybody who wore a tie in Moscow wore a cellular phone, or at least a pager.

34.   Even Big Bird wore a tie.

35.   Fink wears a tie often around the office, and always at meals, as Cambridge still requires jacket and tie in the dining halls.

36.   Friends and colleagues also describe Van Miert as a tough-minded, modest man who has an affinity for wearing outlandish ties.

37.   He apologized for not wearing a tie, explaining that well-dressed pedestrians had been singled out for abuse by more militant demonstrators.

38.   He collects funky contemporary art and wears a tie only when he has to.

39.   He is divorced, seldom wears a tie and has a blunt style, rare for Mexico, which has caused him trouble on numerous occasions.

40.   He never wears a tie.