Minnie Lou has issued ten suggestions to her temporary tenants.

With 28 carts available, said Peg Stimpson, manager of temporary tenants, "there's usually room."

Too often, the experts say, temporary tenants approach the negotiations with the idea that they have no bargaining clout.

"They ought to just relax and realize I'm a temporary tenant," Mr. Clinton added.

But the question now arises as to the rights of such temporary tenants if the plan fails.

Before the coming of the Internet, the practice of providing offices for small temporary tenants was called fractional office space business.

The risk, of course, was that the operator could not find enough temporary tenants to cover its long-term lease obligation to the landlord.

The building remained vacant and slowly deteriorated for a number of years, falling through the hands of many temporary tenants, mostly small theater groups.

Many stores are temporary tenants, she added, reflecting the mood of uncertainty among retailers unsure of getting space in the new mall.

The rowing association, which began by asking the town for a temporary facility, now pretends that it is not a temporary tenant.