21.  As a boy, Safdie began to sketch cars and houses, even though he writes that he was "not a born draftsman."

22.  Designer fashion is once again being offered as a tool of transformation at houses where the uniform look originated and in lines that made regimental dress a trend.

23.  Designer show house tours are hard to find this time of year.

24.  DePasco said House and Senate Democratic leaders met recently with Gov. Mel Carnahan to draft a strategy for the next legislative session, which starts Jan. 5.

25.  Depending on a sex offender's restrictions, the probation department can make the father move out of the house.

26.  Depending on the width of a planned route, the house is either transported in sections or left whole.

27.  Depending on total Medicaid outlay, the government may tap the heirs for some money when the house is eventually sold.

28.  Designers chose blue, wine and mustard for the interior because they were common in the 1880s, when the house was built.

29.  DeLay told the House not to "take ownership" of the war by supporting it.

30.  DeLay, a Texas Republican and the House majority whip, has been one of the president's earliest and harshest critics.