11.   And merchants have been more vocal in their desire to try to work together to boost commerce on the strip.

12.   And the merchants are so friendly and gracious here.

13.   And yes, merchants are crazy.

14.   Are merchants crazy?

15.   Area merchants are bullish on theater these days.

16.   At least one online merchant is leery of such creativity.

17.   At one extreme are corporate merchants, at the other the artistes.

18.   Baum, of Go Network, said he was not surprised that some merchants were fearful.

19.   Because Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi have signed up as cut-rate crusaders on behalf of the US Davis Cup effort, the dream merchants are at it once more.

20.   A customer calls the police to suggest that a foreign-looking merchant might be a terrorist.