41.   What started as a turf rumble on Friday night turned into a backyard barbecue, a party the Nets threw to announce their arrival.

42.   When it comes to the condiments served at backyard barbecues, America can seem downright provincial.

43.   While the backyard barbecue is as American as baseball and Boy Scouts, there may be no more universal custom than cooking food on a grill.

44.   While the setting and type of food being cooked changes from culture to culture, the backyard barbecue is without a doubt as international as soccer.

45.   You can have a backyard barbecue if you want, Nolte said, and still have special touches.

46.   You could battle the freeway traffic and head home for another weekend of backyard barbecues, lawn mowing, laundry and grocery shopping.

47.   Behind the walls, people can wear shorts to backyard barbecues amid neat ranch-style houses and adobe bungalows more typical of suburban Houston than Saudi Arabia.

48.   If you ever have a Neanderthal over for a backyard barbecue, forget the salad, the corn on the cob and the baked potato.

49.   No backyard barbecues or garish neckties here.

50.   The former anti-war activist had planned a backyard barbecue for his last evening before the decision, but pouring rain forced the gathering inside.