1.   They sat at a booth next to the window.

2.   An unlicensed pack of hormonally stimulated patrons strut in, spread around the table at the next booth, and immediately give the waitress an earful.

3.   And with moist towelette in hands, they go off to the next booth.

4.   As the waitress annoyingly popped her gum while taking his order he noticed the man in the next booth crudely applying his toothpick to his teeth like a crowbar.

5.   A slice sat in front of Meade Esposito, the former Brooklyn political leader, as undercover federal agents sat in the next booth eavesdropping.

6.   Four people at the next booth seem to have lighted up a pack of Marlboros simultaneously.

7.   Hamwi offered his invention to the ice cream vendor in the next booth, who had just run out of dishes.

8.   He then rises, shakes hands with host Kirby Wilbur, and moves slowly to the next booth.

9.   Or a young dreadlocked couple in the next booth, whose wire figurines of jazz artists are also attracting attention.

10.   Terror can be as close as the guy in the next booth.