1.   Buddy has lured a Venetian gondolier to negotiate the newly constructed downtown canals.

2.   Fischer commissioned one of the four Italian gondola manufacturers to build one of his shiny black vessels and bought the other from a long-time Venetian gondolier.

3.   Venetian gondoliers who have complained bitterly about motorboat wakes that make their high-paying tourist customers jittery have applauded the plan.

4.   He looked half Venetian gondolier and half River Styx boatman, but it beat drowning.

5.   Venetian gondoliers Monday staged a go-slow demonstration, in protest at the heavy swell caused by the increased number of motor boats zooming gracelessly along the Grand Canal.