1.   A pianist plays discreet versions of show tunes as people dine before the show.

2.   Now, before you turn up your nose, know that people have been dining on escargot since before Greek times.

3.   People dine out not only to enjoy good food but for the drama and spectacle, to see and be seen and in general to experience dining as theater.

4.   While people were dining and drinking in the pleasure spots of Manhattan on a gorgeous summer evening, paying customers collected on the deck of the Intrepid.

5.   Their presence at the party, where about two dozen people were dining, has not been made public.

6.   The fighting started behind the tables where people were dining in black jackets.