"I think it's fantastic, the best thing to happen to the city," Glenn Pymento, a mechanical engineer, said in a typical remark.

A typical passing remark at Chicago: "You know why that guy isn't going to run us over even though the light's green?"

Clever, referential, oblique and biting, it was a remark typical of Mr. Mamet, who turns 50 at the end of the month.

He ended with a remark typical of those days: "We can't go on leaving the Grand Admiral protected only by his sheep dog."

"I was sort of wonderfully surprised that Merrill Lynch recognized the good value on behalf of its customers of no-load funds," he said in a typical remark.

"I met the director and he seemed like a nice guy" was the typical remark about "Fall Time."

Italian journalist Indro Montanelli quoted a typical remark by Don Calò: "A photograph of me?

A typical remark: "Somebody come claim your exotic stripper."

Mike Gatting's alleged gluttony is one of the many running themes - "Better get our lunch before Gatt arrives" is a typical remark.

A typical remark comes from Teun Van Vliet, 27, a bright and talented rider with the Panasonic team based in the Netherlands.