1.   Along the back wall, people sipped sherry and grazed the tapas bar.

2.   Along the canals, people on yachts sip wine while tourists in the outdoor restaurants feast on ostrich medallions drenched in raspberry sauce.

3.   In the afternoons, people sip tea at a white plastic table by its banks.

4.   In the museum itself, a half-dozen people sipped coffee at the Alien Caffeine Expresso Bar.

5.   On the surface it remains the same slightly shopworn metropolis of smart restaurants and sidewalk cafes where people sip sweet coffee as a disco roar conceals conversations.

6.   People sipped coffee, ate fancy breakfasts and discussed politics and world events in a flower-filled, lavishly-draped dining area.

7.   Perhaps these reports should be allowed to age so people can sip them a little more soberly.

8.   There are dances where people sip margaritas and watch fireworks, and there are some women working the shadows on the edge of town selling more than faith.

9.   Coffee drinking was considered a crime and people caught sipping coffee in public was punished by the Ottoman Grand Vizier Kuprili by severe beating.

10.   Tea was served in ceramic cups and saucers and many people were still sipping it.