31.  Any talk of an economic downturn has bypassed the village, where the Sharon Springs Chamber of Commerce is 78 members (its highest total in years).

32.  Del Webb, the builder of retirement communities, coined the term "the golden years."

33.  Desai typically spends a long time, years sometimes, collecting material, reading, researching, thinking, "scribbling," before she begins writing.

34.  Described over the years as demure and trim, with hazel eyes and a weakness for hats, the woman who invented kissable lipstick never married.

35.  Describing himself as an "inveterate scribbler," he said he had spent many years recording his thoughts in college-rule note books with No. 2 pencils.

36.  Deserted by their blue-chip clients, Wall Street has submitted in recent years to the ultimate indignity: it has embraced Main Street as its salvation.

37.  Desert-Mountain League rival Trona, located close to Death Valley, has scheduled games in Mexico and Nevada in past years.

38.  Desi and W. Clegg Culler rented a store on Main Street from R. Kyle Hayes for years with only a handshake for a lease.

39.  Designed to invest in both stocks and bonds, shifting the mix to reflect market conditions, Asset Manager has done poorly the past few years.

40.  Designer Hannant, calm under the circumstances, says he and Hughes have been friends for years.