At sundown, the staff prepares home-made hors d'oeuvres -- chickpea dip, black olives, fresh guacamole and Moroccan breads -- as the guests gather on low couches to chat.
Earlier, he had been told of an unusual number of British officers gathered on Boston's Long Wharf, talking in low tones.
After Mr. Simons ducked out of sight, the audience gathered on the low, rectangular stage and moved toward the backstage entrance, applauding the entire time.
As we walked on, the farmer called out, "Are you destroying all the poppies or just my field?" About a dozen men and boys gathered on a low dirt wall next to another field and watched the proceedings impassively.
Dark clouds gather on sea and land.
On May 16, graduates from the College joined the Class of 2018 from schools across the University as they and their families gathered on campus, from Low Library to Butler Library, for University Commencement, a ceremony dating back to 1758 in which students degrees are official conferred by the University president.
Students from the Columbia hub of the Sunrise Movement wore t-shirts and light jackets as they gathered on the steps of Low Library to show their solidarity with the Youth Climate Strike.
With some guests gathered on throw pillows around a low table, and others on bar stools at the kitchen counter, we talked of food and travel, photography and arranged marriages (a few glasses of wine among strangers often leads conversations in unexpected directions).
About 400 mourners holding white candles gathered on the steps of Columbia University's Low Memorial Library on Monday evening for a vigil in memory of Mr. Yu.
Unlike most of the materials, the electrons gathered on the surface of nanoparticles becomes significant because of the low mass.
