1.   Doris Leslie Blau, the rug dealer, is back after a four-year absence.

2.   It was a rather unusual election, with no legal teeth and no apparent precedent, and it involved doctors and lawyers, rug dealers and kebab cart operators.

3.   Seated side by side in the room were engineers, lawyers, doctors, Muslim clerics, rug dealers, cabdrivers, bakers and kebab stand operators.

4.   She reportedly is the widow of a Saudi rug dealer and entrepreneur.

5.   The Pakistani rug dealers like to make it a show, and Mr. Ali, proprietor of the Carpet Palace chain, is one of the kings.