31.   Vendors said the company considers its key metropolitan markets to be Denver, Dallas and Sacramento, Calif.

32.   Vendors say those are the rules.

33.   Wednesday, several vendors said they did not much mind losing their one source of income.

34.   While the trench coat seems to be a perennial spring favorite, many vendors say that leather will be a big seller this time around.

35.   A Manger Square vendor said Clinton was partly to blame for his lack of work.

36.   And book vendors say they are selling well.

37.   Another street vendor said he would raise the price of his fried rice dishes because of the kerosene increase.

38.   Another cookie vendor said that besides less income this year, he was also unable to sell the cookies at the same price as yesterday.

39.   But a narcissus vendor said his business had not fallen much.

40.   But the missing diamonds turned up Thursday, and Ian Sosser, an organizer of the show, said the vendors now say the jewels were simply misplaced.