31.   Gans described a multi-class organization, appealing to everyone from accountants and lawyers to their housekeepers and part-time secretaries.

32.   Gonzales said the president is naming lawyers to the bench who are chosen for competence, character and a judicial philosophy that respects precedent and believes in judicial restraint.

33.   He also offers hundreds of tips on how to proceed, from when to hire a lawyer to how to fill out a patent application.

34.   He is cantankerous enough to interrupt court proceedings and even, apparently, to drive his own lawyer to exasperation.

35.   He can drive to distraction just about everybody he deals with, from lawyers to environmental allies to scientists.

36.   He is now staff lawyer to the Democratic minority on the committee, whose chairman is Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska.

37.   He declined through a lawyer to comment for this story.

38.   He has gone from misfit to clubhouse lawyer to renegade leader.

39.   He spent years tinkering with his idea, finally hiring a lawyer to shepherd his invention through the patent process.

40.   He was swarmed by thrusting photographers and cameramen while en route with his lawyers to the Pizzeria Uno restaurant in White Plains.