1.   And American customs officials recently subjected a respected Iranian filmmaker to a rather undignified search.

2.   But in September it will accede to American customs and introduce a two-quart carton.

3.   Even the top French restaurants have adjusted to this very American custom.

4.   Fine old American custom, making someone take personal responsibility.

5.   Giles attempts to embrace quaint American customs by hosting his first Thanksgiving dinner.

6.   He said workers and management sent to Illinois from Japan are trained in advance about American customs.

7.   He speaks unaccented English and is sometimes tweaked for adopting such American political customs as speaking for the sound bite and releasing balloons to climax a convention.

8.   He threw the ceremonial first pitch, an American custom, and later said he hoped his own country might adopt the tradition.

9.   His arrest as he left Canada last week has prompted American customs officials to tighten security even more than they already had.

10.   The day saw a rare outpouring of national pride in a country where flag-waving patriotism is frowned upon as a boorish American custom.