1.   The pubs owners are hoping their families association with the Hobnail Inn will continue -- a cousin is now thinking of taking over when the present owners retire.

2.   As pub owners slowly modernized their cellars and changed from beer engines to regular taps, or began serving more lagers, real ale almost disappeared.

3.   But the administration reluctantly endorsed the changes in an attempt to balance the desire of pub owners serving a more cosmopolitan clientele against the potential public safety risks.

4.   But pub owners have unilaterally increased their prices, too, as they did in late January.

5.   Colm Murphy, a wealthy builder and pub owner, is charged with conspiracy and for being a member of an illegal organization, court officials say.

6.   For every pint sold, the government gets almost a third of the price, the brewer a quarter, and the pub owner the rest.

7.   For many pub owners the day is the busiest of the year.

8.   It rains handouts, from ashtrays to marquees, on pub owners, and sells them refrigerators wholesale.

9.   Jackie Smith, a retired pub owner, fumes over how the Beeb spends its money.

10.   Mike Bell, the pub owner, said the White House crowd left without paying, but said he had an address and expected the bill would be settled.