11.   For many New Yorkers, summer begins with shares in the Hamptons, backyard barbecues, and New Jersey vine-ripened tomatoes.

12.   Flemmons was speaking of a skimpy, Texas backyard barbecue, of course, not a cookout like the one in Dalhart this weekend.

13.   Former Mayor Ray Flynn was at home and among friends, as relaxed as if at a backyard barbecue.

14.   For many Australian sailors, Christmas Day is a time to relax with their families and perhaps fire up the backyard barbecue.

15.   Get a make-over, say decorating experts who see a boom in backyard barbecues.

16.   He acknowledged he could not stop private gatherings like backyard barbecues.

17.   He liked to have big family dinners and backyard barbecues with neighbors and friends.

18.   He might not be the one to liven up a backyard barbecue.

19.   Henry Kissinger or Donna Karan have yet to drop by for a backyard barbecue, though I wonder if they realize how much fun they are missing.

20.   I imagine that Blair told some interesting stories during their backyard barbecue.