Word: abound
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...ironies abound. As the Phillips crowd separates itself from the mainstream conservatives who had been their allies for the past seven years, the Republican presidential candidates pander to the radical Phillipsian fringe of their party. Aside from Bush, none have been willing to give their explicit support for the INF treaty. Instead, they insist in courting Phillips and his followers, despite their lack of concern for--indeed, understanding of--constitutional principles...
...London's financial district. Some of the worst examples: the crude, polygonal Stock Exchange tower; the gloomy, 35-acre concrete jungle of Barbican Center, which includes apartments, shops, offices and a cultural center; and the cheap glass series of towers constituting London Wall. In other London districts examples also abound, many built with public funds. One of the least distinguished is the coarsely slablike headquarters of the Department of the Environment, which may help explain its failure to advance the cause of quality architecture...
...there has been only one minor trade--the Tigers sent pitcher Dan Petry to the Angels for outfielder Gary Pettis, but rumors of bigger deals abound...
Horror stories abound, especially in the health and postal services. Urgent operations can be postponed for three to four months while a patient waits for a hospital bed. "You can queue up and wait to die," says Ferrarotti, "or you can drop 400,000 lire (($325)) up front to ensure yourself a place." A payoff helps to get things done. In a new study, Professor Franco Cazzola of the University of Catania estimates that the kickback industry, the entrenched system of institutionalized bribery, amounts to 3.3 trillion lire ($2.7 billion) a year. One Turin industrialist admits that he does...
Israel claims it has done more than any other occupier to improve the quality of life in Gaza. That is relatively true: cars abound, hospitals and clinics dot the landscape, even the camps have telephones and washing machines. But parts of Gaza City, the strip's largest population center, have water only twice a week in the summer, and sewage frequently floods the drinking supply. What are Israel's ultimate plans for Gaza? Admits General Eres: "That is the $64,000 question...