1.   As a teen-ager working as a ticket taker, Rutherford met Sam Russell, a star of the black theater with the comedy team Bilo and Ashes.

2.   A bit later, a ticket taker let Hillman and his other friend in for free.

3.   He enters through the same gate, handing his ticket to the same ticket taker.

4.   He said that if the fakes were not caught by ticket takers, crowds of fans could end up vying for the same seat.

5.   His duties included everything from handling time sheets for ushers and ticket takers, to answering fan mail for some of the players.

6.   Iraqi airline ticket takers sit at windows where no travelers ever come.

7.   It was on the backs of every parking-lot attendant, custodian, concessionaire, ticket taker, bathroom guard and usher.

8.   Jim Furyk has a golf swing only a carnival ticket taker could love.

9.   The badge, issued to a ticket taker at a small commuter airline, theoretically allowed access only to a low-security section of the terminal.

10.   The traditionally seedy, disheveled ticket takers and part-time ushers will be replaced by fresh-faced, costumed full-timers who will travel with the show.