31.   And sipping coffee.

32.   Another shocked group stood watching and sipping coffee at the Hungarian Pastry Shop on Amsterdam Avenue.

33.   Answering that has been the hardest part, Meador said last week as she sipped coffee at her home.

34.   As befits a Palestinian of stature, his office was filled with supporters smoking and sipping sugary coffee.

35.   As I sipped coffee, a bateau mouche filled with tourists sailed by.

36.   As I sipped my coffee, I pondered the substitution.

37.   As party leaders squabbled, Senator Herbert Kohl sat alone in the cafeteria late Thursday, sipping coffee and staring at the clock.

38.   As our ship cast off and steamed back down the muddy Saigon River toward the South China Sea, I sat alone in an air-conditioned lounge sipping coffee.

39.   As Updike sipped his coffee, other Lutece customers walked by his table and, matter-of-factly, glanced his way.

40.   As they sipped coffee, the divers swapped stories of encounters with the carnivorous denizens.