31.   Across the shadowy dining hall, coffee cups rattle in the fingers of hundreds of other poor souls gathered here for the same reason as I.

32.   Across the river at MIT, all the dorms once had dining halls -- sociable islands on a campus with legendary academic pressures.

33.   After dinner, guests will move from the cavernous dining hall of the new glass-walled Convention and Exhibition Center to an auditorium jutting into Victoria Harbor.

34.   Afterward, Bush had lunch with troops and his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, at a dining hall at the base.

35.   Alfresco prayers among the trees are a particular favorite, while other campers opt for togetherness in one corner of the large dining hall.

36.   But as Franklin and I chow down at Tower Court dining hall, I remark that we seem to be the only men in the cavernous refectory.

37.   But once inside the dining hall, you warm quickly.

38.   But the bunks have names like Joe Hill and Pablo Neruda, and the murals in the dining hall depict great moments in labor history.

39.   But Tuesday the pots were covered with white shrouds, and the dispensers in the dining hall were empty.

40.   Colleges and universities combat the problem through a mix of revamped menus and renovated dining halls along with counseling and programs that emphasize nutrition.