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...clearer than any other, typifying Italy and the nature of her jubilation. At a certain point along the street the traffic snarled, and there in the middle of it stood a solitary man draped in an Italian flag which covered him from his waist to his knees. He stood amidst a throng of fans fenced in by several police cars casting a pall over the scene with their Hashing blue lights...
...media scapegoats of the moment like Richard Allen and Ernest Lefevre. That may be true. The Wednesday resignation of Burford may lay this scandal to rest; the attention span of the public is short, and the media will soon latch onto another scandal. But what should not be lost amidst the political furor is the substantive concern that the EPA is--or should be--very important agency, not for political reasons but for human reasons. The government cannot deal with all future hazardous waste problems by buying out the town and moving all its inhabitants somewhere else...
...environment so thoroughly committed to the experience of learning, the nurturing of an intellectual climate amidst to much vibrant, artistic talent would seem the most natural objectives dramatic arts committee should strive...
...punk rocker doing in the rural highlands? Why does that motorbiker keep burp-burping through the action without explaining himself? Forsyth isn't telling. He's just laughing to himself, a shy, shrewd film maker worth bending near so you can hear what he has to say amidst the contemporary...
...Hirschorn does note that "most students said they were at the conference mainly for the 'educational experience'." Why does he hide this disclaimer amidst quotes from a few atypical delegates? Both of us were interviewed by Mr. Hirschorn at the conference and noticed his incessant search for the scandalous and juicy. Obviously he was successful...