51.   In Munich, the huge tents of brewers accommodate thousands and people sit convivially at long tables.

52.   In one room, several people sit with shiny, thin needles protruding from their ears, heads, and hands.

53.   In Memphis, many people like Howell sit on the edge because of the preponderance of low-wage service and retail jobs, most of them temporary.

54.   In the daytime, people sit outside eating spaghetti and salads.

55.   In the afternoon, music flows from taverns and people sit outside, picnicking or sipping drinks.

56.   In this neat, blue-carpeted nerve center, a dozen people sit at computers and telephones, tracking selected export contracts around the world.

57.   In those days, the Sox let people sit in the center-field triangle, by the flagpole, when they sold out.

58.   Indeed, someday people might sit around at parties playing Six Degrees of Fail Safe.

59.   Inside several dozen people sat and prayed.

60.   Inside, people sit expressionless on benches and plastic chairs, electric typewriters and boom boxes perched on their laps.