Those words left Mr. Wilson and his wife, Gayle, the only people seated on the stage amid a thunderous standing ovation.

I had gone on board with him and was seated in his cabin amid scattered suit- cases.

"I'm so glad you're here," I say, leaning down to where she's seated amid her shopping bags in the plush darkness.

At the rehearsal, which started with the second movement, Mr. Finckel was seated on a platform amid the sea of chairs.

Meantime, I have a photograph of my poet friend seated amid a nest of red, yellow and blue plastic chairs outside a cafe on Ben Yehuda.

"Absent friends," the rest of the group chorused as one, clinking their motley collection of drinking vessels together where they were seated amid the room's scant furnishings.

Customers are seated in booths with thick cushions, amid tiles and wood decor.

Seated amid the carnage, a dazed, gore-spattered boy gives voice to the wails of war victims through the ages: "Oh, will it never end?"

All four of them had worn beige khakis and white button-down oxfords, and they were seated amid the dune grass.

The show, which will be on view through next January, includes prints, artifacts and historic clothing, as well as a figure seated amid Victorian mourning items.