41.   Across the room sits Frank, a local businessman.

42.   Across the street sits the vacant Oakville Lodge.

43.   Across the aisle sat a young fellow who, from what I could gather, appeared to be in financial services.

44.   Across the street sits an empty lot.

45.   Across the board sits someone with a placid expression, a calmness that has to be infuriating.

46.   Across the room sat a henchman, wearing Bosnian Serb Army camouflage.

47.   Afterward, G.G. Smith stood in an entryway, saying how proud he was of his father, who was sitting across the floor doing his radio show.

48.   Bromberg sat across from him.

49.   Both pages sit across from the same ad for Fashionmall.com.

50.   But buyers or sellers who assumed they were sitting across the table from sweetness and light did so at their peril.