21.  Some of these changes are devastatingly simple, such as the near death of door-to-door sales, the traditional means of peddling encyclopedias.

22.  Statisticians say sampling is much more accurate than traditional means.

23.  Still, the traditional means of doing business -- face to face, by telephone and automatic teller machines --continue to dominate.

24.  That is harder to do on the Internet than it is to judge the free speech of traditional means of communication.

25.  The cost of distribution through electronic channels is much lower than traditional means.

26.  The traditional means is to have adult chaperones watch for signs of inappropriate behavior and react accordingly.

27.  The two contractors also used less traditional means to make their case.

28.  With those relatively new elements, combined with the traditional blunt means of settling hockey arguments, the chances increase for ethnic and racist outbursts.

29.  People handed out sweets, a traditional means of celebration in Pakistan.

30.  Proposals include allowing heavily Indian municipalities to choose their own leaders by traditional means or creating regional governments run by Indian leaders.