Word: amongst
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...book is, however, a comics anthology, and considered as a collection of modern cartoonists' work, it enthralls. A few of the off-the-wall humorous pieces miss their mark. But such works as Drew Friedman's "Laugh Makers," in which Shemp Howard, "Ugliest Man in Hollywood," has "His pick amongst a virtual smorgasbord of Tinsel-town starlets"; and Daniel Clowe's "The Laffin' Spittin' Man," in which a practical joker commits suicide with a toy gun, are darkly hilarious...
...represents a significant symbolic victory for the gun-control forces and shows that legislators are responding to the public's concerns about crime. Says Houston homicide division Captain Bill Edison, one of the many top police officials around the country who favor Brady: "I can't sit out here amongst the carnage I see on the streets and not support a waiting bill. A waiting period will save x number of lives. How many, we could argue about forever...
...where Romeo and Juliet is timeless, West Side Story is dated. It is very clearly set in New York City of the 1950s amongst teenage social turmoil and a flood of new immigrants. And as a result, Eggar's modernization of the script meets with only partial success...
...just hope the report has some significant impact on Cambridge's rent control system," Ford said. "Most of the recommendations seem to have a lot of support amongst council members, so at worst it should convince everyone that some changes must be made. At least it's a start in the right direction...
...racked up a stellar 20.3 ppg. There was the game last February when he silenced a hostile Palestra crowd at Penn with a Harvard-record 41 points. There were the numerous clutch rebounds when James used toughness and guile to muscle his 6-ft., 5-in. frame in amongst the centers and forwards...