51.   Vendors sold buttons bearing his likeness as well as that of his dog Goalie.

52.   Vendors sold dates and pastries instead of pictures of bin Laden.

53.   Vendors sold root beer made from authentic herbs.

54.   Vendors will be selling everything from mugs and T-shirts to CD-ROMs.

55.   Vendors sell Belgian waffles, foie-gras sandwiches and crepes.

56.   Vendors sell photographs of the tragedy, T-shirts, watercolors, post cards and police and fire department memorabilia from carts and tables set up next to the sidewalk.

57.   Vendors sold food prepared according to Islamic requirements.

58.   Vendors sold ginger and ginseng, jade pendants and Puerto Rican flag medallions, bok choy and hairy melons, live crabs and dried fish.

59.   Vendors sold pipes, T-shirts, hemp necklaces, veggie burritos.

60.   Vendors sold souvenir buttons and shirts, while scalpers barked for tickets for the good seats immediately in front of the podium.