THEN
Around the table, they sat,all formal and stiff.Women on curvy corsets, and men on top hats and tails.Goblets and silver spoonsare their tools of attack,while organic soft music escapes the strings of the rebec.
NOW
Around the table, they sat,all cool and comfy.Women on tank tops,and men on board shorts and slippers.Plastic cups with cafe logosare their symbols of superiority,while pumping club musicspills out from the iPod speakers.

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