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...premise comes straight from the comic book: Professor Charles Xavier leads a group of superpowered mutants against the evil forces of Magneto, a mutant bent on destroying humanity. Amidst the persecution of a society that fears and hates them, the X-Men seek the allegiance of a new mutant named Wolverine, who must make a choice. Does he choose Xavier's idealistic dream of a peaceful co-existence between humanity and mutantkind, or does he opt for Magneto's vision of a world in which mutants replace humans on top of the evolutionary ladder? Translating a comic book onto...
Although Shoshan said "Widener has an amazing collection of Israeli election materials," he said he was most inspired to write his thesis when he stood in Israel at midnight, amidst a crowd that had gathered around a single mystic...
...then again, he might just come out ahead in this struggle. President Clinton also managed to raise his approval ratings amidst all the allegations around his private life. Anyway, falling in love, getting divorced and remarrying while holding a public office is not all that uncommon. Thomas Klestil, Austria's current President, did exactly that, and he's in his second term now--after being reelected right between his divorce and his second marriage...
Such a committee would meet amidst a reshuffling of theater space on campus...
...those of us not well versed enough in philosophy to master such a system of contradiction, however, one thing alone is clear. Amidst all the talk about warming, the only thing that needs cooling is Gore, and his environmental brethren's, heads...