1.   A big shiny pickup truck crammed with men in base-ball caps slowed down and took a look at me.

2.   A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation.

3.   A burnt umber man in a raw sienna compartment.

4.   A chubby little man in a short-sleeved sport shirt and baggy gray twill pants came out the door.

5.   A fat man in a bow tie tapped the register.

6.   A fat man in a white singlet barged in, then barged out again.

7.   A few feet away a pudgy man in his sixties finished one pack of Marlboros and started another.

8.   A few minutes later a man in his early thirties appears just inside the doorway.

9.   A heavily built man in a corduroy jacket edged closer to him on his left.