11.   MATSUTAKE -- A national passion in Japan, the firm, beige matsutake represents fertility and luxury.

12.   Norway has adopted halfpipe as a national passion.

13.   The Coupe du Monde falls somewhere behind wine, cheese, amour, smoking, and the Tour de France among national passions.

14.   The concept of the season seat is totally foreign to them, even for soccer, the national passion.

15.   The Galway Racecourse, surrounded by green hills and pastures, is the perfect showcase for the national passion.

16.   The Thai massage is a national passion.

17.   Their unrivaled success in the tournament has elicited wild devotion, throbbing national passion and the purplest of prose.

18.   Which, thanks to our national passion for pre-millennial retrospection, means that the all-embracing composer may finally be getting full due for his unparalleled achievements.

19.   Although this riverine land has produced star swimmers, swimming is not our national passion.

20.   Although this marks the first time the cycling championships have been held in Colombia, cycling is a national passion.