41.   At a convenience store-cum-post office run by the school bus driver, the shooting is the talk of a steady stream of customers.

42.   At a mosque run by the party Saturday, young men from both Pakistan and Afghanistan talked about their hatred for the United States and the CIA.

43.   At St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in West Palm Beach, Fla., seminarians yearly attend a psychosexual workshop run by outside professionals.

44.   At the booth run by Star Wars Insider, the official fan club magazine, which organized the convention, action figures with guns were no longer for sale.

45.   At the booth run by the Austin Sports Connection stores, a plastic-encased Dan Marino card with a certified autograph was priced at two grand.

46.   At www.arabfilm.org, a Web site run by Arab Film Distribution, the map of Middle Eastern cinema stretches from North Africa to Pakistan.

47.   At the booth run by another Bertelsmann unit, a two-month-old machine about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle was turning out hardcover books.

48.   Based in Decatur, Ill., Archer is a giant grain processor run by Dwayne O. Andreas, one of the most influential figures in American agribusiness.

49.   Barilla is a privately held company run by the Barilla family.

50.   Battle Creek already supports the largest salmon hatchery in the state, a facility run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.