101.   Merchants are especially downcast.

102.   Merchants from Hong Kong are usually the chief buyers of Burmese jade.

103.   Merchants will be able to enjoy expanded delivery channels, global exposure and lower cost of information distribution and overall, cost-effective methods for conducting electronic transactions.

104.   Merchants are also worried that the big snowstorm raking the Midwest will hurt business.

105.   Still, Jean Marc-Ampigny, who heads an association of storeowners, said merchants were relieved the police had finally made arrests.

106.   The merchants are also a prey to petty thieves, many of whom have been beaten to death by irate mobs near the iron market.

107.   The merchant was one of few men in Dara Wat willing to talk at any length to outsiders, and then only in the secrecy of his home.

108.   The merchants will be content as long as the shoppers decide on something.

109.   This means merchants are able to offer multiple catalogues for separate product lines, divisions or geographic regions.

110.   TV and radio shows are chattering about it, and merchants are selling thousands of Jackson T-shirts and other memorabilia.