1.   Oldenburg lamented the lack of cafe life and the loss of the diner, the tavern and other informal social locales in American life.

2.   Theater, opera and ballet seasons go into full swing, and cafe life brims again with tango and billiards into the wee hours.

3.   Tributes to cafe life are almost as frequent in tango songs as heartfelt considerations of unrequited love.

4.   Industrialist Paul Ricard, creator of the fiery licorice-flavored beverage that is a mainstay of cafe life in France, died Friday, his company said.

5.   There, cafe life went on uninterrupted and dance music thumped from shops.