51.   The IOC did not think it appropriate for the U.S. Olympic delegation to carry the flag recovered from the World Trade Center into the opening ceremonies on Friday.

52.   The police initially appeared to pull back, allowing protesters, many of them carrying Cuban flags, to slow traffic.

53.   The U.S. delegation, which carried the flag before it was hung, waved back enthusiastically.

54.   They carried many flags.

55.   They can carry a flag to alert drivers as they cross, then deposit it in another bucket on the other side of the street.

56.   They carry the flags of the host nation and of The Land of the Rising Sun.

57.   They carried Mexican flags, a banner with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron Saint of Mexico, and placards criticizing the army high command.

58.   This irked more than a few self-styled patriots, and the IOC eventually allowed eight athletes to carry the flag early in the opening ceremony.

59.   To James Q. Crowe, perhaps the most prominent executive still carrying the flag for the pure bandwidth strategy, this is all tantamount to heresy.

60.   Todd English carries the flag nationally for Boston cooking, and no wonder.