31. A group of Arab women sit near the famed Nabatean ruins in Petra in early April. 32. A mother sits near a fireplace with a dozing infant in her lap watching the sweeper. 33. A man with a long white beard sat near a window, murmuring recitations from the Torah. 34. A new satellite dish sits near the damaged control tower at Jalalabad airport,Tuesday. 35. A mass Confederate grave sits near the Hilltop tennis courts. 36. A middle-aged man was sitting near the back door of a Madison Avenue bus, carrying on an interminable and very audible conversation on his cell phone. 37. A reporter for a national newspaper sitting near Gore on Air Force Two listens as the vice president wanders the philosophical landscape. 38. A small child sat near two bodies, alone and motionless on a sack of corn. 39. A tiny wasp-waisted beaker sits near a foursquare ritual caldron set on stout legs. 40. A woman sits near the tents in Bryant Park, Thursday afternoon. |