11.   Cover the table with black vinyl.

12.   First, cover the table with an old rug or towels.

13.   Home is a tiny, cluttered white house, with castoff tattered sneakers piled in a corner and possessions covering every table.

14.   If more space is needed, cover a table with an easily wiped cloth and spread newspapers on the floor.

15.   In homes, tables are covered with flowers, fruits, vegetables, candles, incense, statues of saints, photos of the deceased.

16.   In the dining room, a William Morris fruit-pattern fabric, laminated for spills, covers the table.

17.   Inside, the tables are covered with checked cloths, the mirrors framed with horns, the walls bedecked with pictures of cowgirls.

18.   Instead, the tables were covered with sedate, black Bush-Cheney buttons, emblazoned with American flags.

19.   Inside an auditorium, a small table is covered with crucifixes and statues of the Virgin Mary that the refugees took with them when they fled their homes.

20.   Inside, each table was covered with drawing paper and set with a plastic cup full of crayons.