1.   Billybob was known for the brevity and biting humor of his posts, and nearly every forum participant can remember being the object of his barbed wit.

2.   Agreeing on a plan was a challenge for forum participants, who met Thursday and Friday.

3.   But when forum participants asked the company for information they needed to validate its financial projections, Amazon declined.

4.   Forum participants are expected to discuss eliminating trade barriers in telecommunications, health care, transportation, mining and energy, and obtaining private sector financing.

5.   Forum participants also considered a code of conduct governing transfer and sale of conventional weapons that was introduced by former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.

6.   Forum participants need to find how to include more people from semi-industrialized, middle-income countries in the ranks of international business leadership.

7.   The site also includes the Homework Hints forum, where students can post questions and solicit helpful hints from other forum participants.

8.   Police also made a point of letting protesters gather near the hotel, allowing them to be seen and heard by forum participants.

9.   A rally was to be held in front of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Park Avenue, where forum participants were meeting.

10.   Forum participants agreed to identify their pollution problems, exchange information on managing them and identify sources of funding for possible solutions.