Amid the federal election's accusations and recriminations, snake bites and bear-baiting, a bit of mirth did manage to sneak in. |
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Amid the laughter, the melodrama and hysteria, this is a play with a terrible, almost frightening undertow of sadness and helplessness. |
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Amid the overturned cabinets, he saw decades ' worth of patient records scattered about. |
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Amid the shots of astronauts and soccer players, the viewer suddenly notices an ethereal white light. |
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Amid the ever-changing scenery, the two men undergo their journeys of self-discovery, confronted by inequality and deprivation. |
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Amid the coral and sponge branches you will find hamlets, basslets, parrotfish and moray eels. |
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Amid the din of quarterly losses and bankruptcies, the U.S. steel industry got some good news from the government. |
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Amid the derangements of Dada and abstract expressionism she reverted to tradition. |
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Amid all this terminological disputation, it is important, though not always easy, to keep in mind the real-world consequences of these ideas. |
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Amid the muddle, Australia and New Zealand, the region's most influential powers, stood aghast as outrage followed outrage. |
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Amid the hilarious exhilaration of her manifold dislikes, it strikes a sombre note. |
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Amid all the rehearsals there are love triangles, back-stabbing, popular girls and a very unconvincing school playboy. |
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Amid warm bear hugs and backslapping, the ex-army officer relived those old times and exchanged pleasantries with the serving officers. |
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Amid the strobing lights and gyrating mass of bodies, she moved to the pulses and swirls in the music. |
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Amid the fog of statistics, claims and counter-claims, Rosita and her family can't helped feeling exposed and alone. |
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Amid the hairspray bottles and eye-shadow palettes littering the tables lay overturned plastic champagne flutes. |
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Amid that sea of sand, islands of forest appear, dense with Sitka spruce and salal and evergreen huckleberry. |
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Amid a continual itinerancy across Europe, there was a permanency to his writing habit. |
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Amid the saddles and hidden valleys of the mountains spring mist hung like clouds. |
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Amid the chaos in the island of Manhattan, it seems like most urbanites tend to isolate themselves into islands of their own. |
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Amid the crumbling plaster and tattered curtains, they spin out a private little reality that emptily echoes a life without meaning. |
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Amid the vagaries of that mechanism, the people's interests are narrowly interpreted as financial benefits. |
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Amid the heat raised around stock transfer, tenants on the interim management committee have found themselves in the firing line. |
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Amid a blaze of publicity, he was immediately consigned to solitary confinement in a maximum security prison cell. |
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Amid the many pressed landsmen in Victory's crew of 800 such experience made him valuable. |
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Amid the urban riots, campus unrest, economic strains, and Vietnam War controversies of the late 1960s, Republican conservatism revived. |
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Amid her grief she found the strength to organise a support group for the bereaved partners. |
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Amid all of this emotional chaos, the boy's father walked up to me and thanked me for donating blood to try to save his son. |
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Amid the ruin of the City of Dreams, Mehmed imbibed a valuable lesson about the twilight of nations, empires and kingdoms. |
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Amid the austere grandeur of Highclere Castle, it was an unprecedented spectacle. |
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Amid the piercing screams and almost hysteric laughter Chris escaped to quietly phone his wife. |
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Amid all the gloom and doom in the advertising industry giant adverts seem to be bucking the trend. |
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Amid the hurly-burly of network TV, it's almost unheard of for programmers to plan beyond their next season, let alone five years hence. |
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Amid the rambling dialogue and semi-lucid metaphors we become privy to a sense of the director's desperation to conjure up some kind of meaning. |
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Amid the welter of sordid interests, he stood as the symbol of proud incorruptibility. |
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Amid this landscape we can see the figures of soldiers and silhouettes of horse-drawn vehicles. |
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Amid this confusion, Madhuri will now have to face a hike in costs depending on the industry she is dealing with. |
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Amid widespread fears that York is being over-developed, many residents will view the proposal warily. |
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Amid the rationing and the rubble of bombed buildings, there was hope for the future and television was part of it. |
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Amid a glut in high-end offices and apartments, it has cut prices and begun using outside sales agents. |
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Amid the dirty narrow lanes survives the centuries-old Rajasthani tradition of puppetry in the city. |
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Amid great excitement, the government and rebels reached a ceasefire agreement at the beginning of last year. |
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Amid the anguish of his experience he has lived with contagious joy and rollicking good humor. |
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Amid the sounds of hammering and drilling, I shuffled about having breakfast and reading the post. |
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Amid national and international obloquy and mockery, progress could only be made very discreetly. |
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Amid a scruffy sprawl of warehouses and marinas, on a former brownfield site in Tacoma, Washington, sits the sparkling new Museum of Glass. |
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Amid reports that the Department of Justice may spike the proposed merger, it is set to name two veterans to head its marketing forces. |
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Amid all the election brouhaha over here, it's easy to miss Jennifer Lopez's bid for power stateside. |
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Amid the discomforts of his passage the author reflects on or trawls his past, his sorrows and betrayals, his experience as a wartime evacuee. |
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Amid all the glorious fanfares and bravado there will be some frightened and anxious people. |
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Amid the nudity and naughtiness is a disturbing, serious look at power and corruption. |
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Amid all the cuts, the Park and Ride services are to continue unscathed, with the concession of a few extra stops. |
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Amid the low, astonished murmuring of the crowd she stepped forwards to face him. |
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Amid the anarchy and mud-slinging of the recent ABC budget cuts, a stealth-like blow has been dealt to this nation's aspiring young journalists. |
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Amid the hurried activity at the school site, witnesses said a suspected kidnapper was attacked by a mob. |
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Amid downsizing and delayering, most employees face both fewer opportunities for promotion and little hope of escape to some new employer. |
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Amid the usual blarney about fitness tests and winning the flag for the crew, it was quite refreshing, really. |
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Amid these twaddlers he presents the formidable front of a man with meaning, confident of his cause, and devoted to it with all his faculty. |
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Amid the usual blah-blah of political rhetoric, I found this assertion really offensive. |
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Amid all the tumult and clamour of the teeming crowds who throng the premises, the hall stands dignified in its majestic splendour. |
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Amid the tsunami of indignant emails were a couple of noteworthy contributions. |
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Amid the truckloads of rubble being hauled away is forensic evidence about how and why the buildings collapsed. |
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Amid the besuited men and behatted women of the race track, the Coolmore set stands apart. |
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Amid profuse offers of distilled beverages, baloney sandwiches, and hard-boiled eggs, I got in the car and drove off. |
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Amid the chaotic surroundings of another flat in the tower block I was told how her lifestyle descended into drugs and despair. |
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Amid a sea of melismatic showoffs and crass belters, he stood out as an old-fashioned crooner in the thrall of a faraway vision. |
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Amid ever-shifting European borders, Prague has retained the grandeur of being head of the Hapsberg Empire in the middle of the 16th century. |
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Amid a sea of grey and beige the brighter colours are gaining favour with every age group. |
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Amid voter apathy that doomed two previous efforts, Serbians voted for a president yesterday for the third time in a year. |
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Amid a din of bantering of her personality, Paltrow pulled off a charming guest arc on Glee, winning an Emmy for her work. |
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Amid the characterful pioneer buildings, municipal eyesores have risen. |
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Amid all the celebrations over their recovery, silence continued to enfold the conditions that had enabled the looting of the treasures in the first place. |
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Amid the furore, little has been heard from the emos themselves. |
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Amid controversy about the value of bottled water against mains water, experts have advised Scots consumers that where they live should be the deciding factor. |
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Amid the gasps from the audience, the senators' faces drained of smugness. |
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Amid the glamour in the slammer, Marshall's cynical and superficial film lets the sly digs at American corruption bubble away underneath the frothy surface. |
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Amid her free-form meandering, you quickly detect a sense of control. |
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Amid abandoned houses, plebeian hovels and piles of refuse and sewage, there were government offices, arms factories, official warehouses, and active markets. |
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Amid these chemical concoctions we find elements significant to the cosmos, allowing me to offer a view of the periodic table through the lens of an astrophysicist. |
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Amid a sudden cloudburst, the rain fogged up the windows and the Guardsmen took another wrong turn, getting about four minutes off course before turning around. |
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Amid the usual flurry of confusing, sometimes conflicting economic facts and figures what matters to most of us is the income and outgo and whether we have jobs to go to. |
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Amid the revulsion at the earlier horror of the clip, this became a mere background detail. |
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Amid all the shrines, the libations and the blessed food, it was time to take my leave from the Venkateswara Temple in Helensburgh, New South Wales. |
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Amid the midsummer heat and the excitement in central London, as citizens celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, the principal contenders were becoming clear. |
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Amid 20 guilty verdicts, Lind found Manning not guilty on one crucial charge. |
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Amid some media tumult, the first President Bush had to come out and say in essence, hey, kidding. |
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Amid drifts of ticker tape thrown by fans, Jackson and cast members were besieged by crowds 10 deep as they made their way up the 470 metre-long red carpet to the theatre. |
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Amid accusations of infidelity, she told reporters in 1988 that she and the former priest were just fine. |
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Amid the chaos and carnage, star-crossed lovers Jon Snow and Ygritte meet on the battlefield. |
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Amid jokes and badinage, the rehearsal started with Jimi Hendirx's Purple Haze and carried on with the entire Le Quattro Stagioni almost without interruption. |
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Amid a barrage of criticism from the public about featherbedding and overmanning, Hong Kong's civil service is being forced to streamline and reform. |
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Amid the many trials of their maiden adulthood, she avers, they feel perversely compelled to refute the proper sovereignty of boomer parents in their lives. |
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Amid the rising violence, the United Nations has evacuated staff and Turkey announced Friday it was shuttering its embassy. |
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Amid the carnage and death, that unity is one augury of hope. |
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Amid the chatter of diners in Lakeland's restaurants and hotels, observant customers may have noticed the prevalence of Eastern European accents ringing out among the staff. |
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Amid furious protests from the public, health bosses rubber-stamped the decision and work is about to start on the first stages of implementing the scheme. |
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Amid the sound of screaming and the smell of burning, he tried to extinguish the fire with prayer mats. |
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Amid those campaigning for Maloney and Boyd, there are a sizeable number of players who would prefer to reward the goal tally and skills of Hearts' Rudi Skacel. |
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Amid the groves of academe, entrenched in the ivy covered tranquil buildings, there lurks more politics, latent hostility and simply bad manners than one can imagine. |
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Amid was phosphorescent with love for his wife and kids, his sisters, his in-laws, his mom. |
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Amid all this, Cote D'Ivoire are passing the ball around amazingly. |
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Amid our grief we now see that New York had been distracted by flash and wit and cash for too long. |
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Amid it all, Delevingne has found the time to extend her cv, this time with an acting gig in a new TV drama, Timeless. |
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Amid this backdrop Sir John ordered the General Post Office covertly to monitor the King's telephone calls. |
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Amid the initial focus on junketing and the abuse of expenses, it was one of the first indications of how far the cancer of corruption had spread. |
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Amid a steroids scandal that led to the indictment of four of his assistant coaches, he dropped dead of a heart attack after a game of racquetball. |
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Amid grim alternatives, clooney helped remind us all that one man still can make a difference. |
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Amid Capeci was what my father, and probably yours, would have called a class act. |
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Amid the fisticuffs there's greatness, as we film junkies know. |
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Amid the ruins of the city of Tumbes, he tried to piece together the situation before him. |
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Amid claims of widespread fraud, both top contenders, Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, claimed victory. |
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Amid a public furor, the senator continues to deny the allegations. |
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Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game. |
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Amid that mimeographic leafstorm, Sloman asks how people use texts to understand their historical and political situation. |
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Amid fears of violence, Priestley was convinced by his friends not to attend. |
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Amid British preparations for war, the Russians and Turks agreed to discussions at Berlin. |
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Amid an economic slump generally, the Conservatives lost support among farmers. |
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Amid a massive exodus to Hong Kong and Macau, the Nationalists blew up the Haizhu Bridge across the Pearl River in retreat. |
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Amid the economic crisis and Barletta's efforts to calm the country's creditors, street protests arose, and so did military repression. |
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Amid these negotiations, William Brewster found himself involved with religious unrest emerging in Scotland. |
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Amid the confusion, stress and fumbling of a battle, arquebusiers are potentially a danger to themselves. |
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Amid the popping of champagne corks and the congratulatory patting of well-upholstered backs, there was a more sober story to be told. |
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Amid the protests, Mr Compaore fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast and is currently staying in the capital Yamoussoukro. |
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Amid miles and miles of terrain featuring felled timber and twisted roadsigns, the Cup venue looks magnificent. |
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Amid mirrors, scrims and a spiraling staircase, provocatively dressed courtesans mingle and mince. |
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Amid worried NYPD, paramedics, nurses, and doctors, he glowed. |
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Amid the slickness, glitz, gloss and special effects, there was plenty of comedy and charmin Heroes, and Hiro was at the centre of most of it. |
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Amid the spray-paint stains she had stenciled the Design Office logo. |
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Amid all the slaughter and sorrow of World War I, the Tocher family from Aberdeen suered one of the biggest losses. |
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Amid the chintzy Parisian apartments, cigar-chomping men and laborious parlour-room chatter is the slightest of stories. |
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Amid taunting from the Coliseum crowd, Paus suffered through a terrible night in the Bruins' 27-0 loss. |
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Amid the general hand wringing among City supporters at Wright-Phillips' pounds 21million move, one man could not keep the smile off his face. |
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Amid the emoting, the far more poignant farewell from Jamie Oliver has been largely drowned out. |
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Amid public criticism for its extravagancy, reports in the media have also linked the presidential office with corruption. |
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Amid the smoke, burning and gunshots this man was walking out wearing a very clean, white hat and carrying a gold handled fly swatter. |
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Amid the decline of Qing prestige and the chaos of the Taiping Rebellion, the Punti and Hakka waged a series of clan wars from 1855 to 1867 in which 1 million people died. |
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Amid the confusion, the theft of the baron's jewels went unremarked. |
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Amid the financial accounting frauds and Wall Street's investment banking-analyst scandal, mutual funds stood out as an industry that played by the rules. |
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As soon as she walks up the porch steps and opens the screen door, she knows that Henry is already home. Amid the noisy mommick, she can sense his humming presence. |
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Amid the silence, the dead calm of the noble breast, Tennyson's pensive imagination felt Hallam's absence most painfully in the inaudibility of his voice. |
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Amid the Assembly's preoccupation with constitutional affairs, the financial crisis had continued largely unaddressed, and the deficit had only increased. |
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Amid a huge feast in the neighbouring hall, reminiscent of Arthurian legends and crusading events, the assembly took a collective oath to defeat Bruce. |
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Amid a growing rebellion, former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett called on senior frontbenchers not to quit their posts but to stand firm and dare Corbyn to sack them. |
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Amid royal razzmatazz, religious pomp and military panoply, King Richard III was buried in Leicester Cathedral yesterday, 530 years after he died in the Battle of Bosworth. |
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Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed. |
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Some scenes, such as their dance in a graveyard amid falling snow, are achingly beautiful. |
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The attack came amid a major upsurge in violence across the country that has left a thousand dead. |
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They returned to the hall in time for the next item on the agenda, amid jeers and taunts from the Treasury benches. |
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Bass sulking amid summer heat sense the change and big fish become more active. |
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Just five days later, however, he crashed down to earth amid accusations of bribery. |
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We all know couples who have been there, facing the stress of joblessness amid the usual chaos of the season. |
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The guys were making a racket and amid the commotion were cries of victory. |
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The cassowary evolved amid the Wet Tropics, thriving on figs, quandongs, and other distinctive fruits. |
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Lost amid the jabber over what the Next Big Thing in passenger vehicles is likely to be, is the humble midsized sedan. |
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However, the other boat suddenly came to an abrupt halt, amid much cursing and shouting from its wetsuited skipper and his drysuited mate. |
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Suddenly amid wails of screaming engines, plumes of smoke and burning rubber, riders and bikes raced down the straight and through the first corner. |
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High schools are remaking yearbooks to more accurately reflect student populations amid larger societal concerns about bullying, peer pressure, and self-esteem. |
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In hopes of standing out amid the Easter crazy, some churches are borrowing themes from popular culture. |
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Love has bloomed amid an otherwise painful period, marred by outrages large and small. |
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Tales like this, of sailors wandering the desert for miles searching for food and water, abound amid the brutality of the region. |
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Despite ASEAN's strong request, Japan was earlier reluctant to accede to the treaty amid worries that the pact could constrain its security alliance with the United States. |
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But by 2001, she had failed to win a seat in the Australian federal Senate and her party broke up acrimoniously amid allegations of wrongdoing and internal bickering. |
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So it is with Just Send Me Word, a heroic love story amid the squalor and degradation of the Gulag. |
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By contrast, The German Doctor is a thriller that becomes a horror story amid the breathtaking beauty of the Andes foothills. |
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The acropolis Museum opened in Athens last weekend amid controversy that Greek officials did everything possible to stir up. |
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Holmes seemed to expedite matters promptly, amid rumors that she was frightened of the Church of Scientology. |
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But amid this widespread and sustained dissatisfaction, 2014 was a terrible year for third-party candidates. |
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Fergie almost landed a U.N. role until the offer was swiftly dropped, amid rumours both of pressure from Buckingham Palace. |
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His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting. |
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A white police officer standing amid the crowd inside the barricade got his laughs a moment later. |
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Batiste and his band ended the evening by marching off the bandstand and playing amid the crowd. |
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Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione asked residents to remain calm, amid fears of unrest. |
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Little Jasper Cosmo will have no problems amid the rarefied social circles occupied by the Howards, but he would find he was joshed at an inner city comprehensive. |
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They also take their turn kneeling to pray amid the flowers in front of the coffin, peering at the waxily reposed figures with a mixture of curiosity and bewilderment. |
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Still, amid the uncertainty the residents of bab al-Salameh do their best to carve a semblance of order into their lives. |
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The band split up earlier this year amid bitterness and acrimony. |
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Dafydd Wigley resigned, citing health problems but amid rumours of a plot against him. |
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Arthur Henderson resigned from the Cabinet in 1917 amid calls for party unity to be replaced by George Barnes. |
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The incident occurred amid tightened security in Yangon following a series of small explosions in the country in recent days. |
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Accoutering the drama are kids, betrayals, and breakdowns amid a cast of literati both British and American. |
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In January 1924, the first Labour Government had taken office amid fears of threats to the Constitution. |
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Officials are calling the woman a hero for keeping her head and finding the only way out amid the panic of the smoke and flames. |
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A welsome poesy attends the final ebbing of his really romantic life, amid the familiar scenes of his boyhood. |
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They often work amid these risks for an appallingly low salary. |
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Dr Iqrar said agronomy played a vital role in increasing productivity amid climate change and cropping systems. |
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The birds sung less inspiritingly than usual amid the boughs, which remained as motionless as death. |
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I walked steadily toward the pennant pole amid a sea of susurrus murmurings. |
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Which big budget BBC 'supersoap' was launched amid a blaze of publicity in 1992 only to be cancelled after a mere eight months on screen? |
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His senses reeled amid the din and rattle of classes where discipline was unknown and intelligence almost indiscoverable. |
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Lowe quit the West Wing last year amid rumours that he was unhappy that his co-stars earned more than him. |
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I brought a cranberry bread!' as if fearing the small bread will get lost amid the immense trays of turkey roll ups and rugalach. |
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The summit is all rock with many loose stones lying amid the small outcrops. |
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The choice came amid much controversy since she was neither British nor overweight. |
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Between 1851 and 1855, it returned to the north amid the floods that provoked the Nien and Taiping Rebellions. |
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The same is true for two other pairs, whilst and while and amidst and amid. |
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Tourism has been one of the key growth sectors in ASEAN and has proven resilient amid global economic challenges. |
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Pyanda reached the lands inhabited by the Yakuts and turned back, avoiding a wintering amid the yet unknown race of people. |
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The stock market was down today amid profit taking, the share holders wanted to get some of the increase in stock price as cash while they could. |
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Inverness remains a small community of charming cottages, lovely gardens, and uncontested streets amid a stunning setting. |
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Colombia will not recognize result of Venezuela assembly vote, amid opposition concerns that the election will lead to dictatorship. |
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Reports suggested that the businessman Horacio Cartes became the new political figure amid disputes. |
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Andy Warhol was lunching poolside, amid the palm trees and exotic bird-of-paradise flowers. |
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In 1983, Hassan cancelled planned elections amid political unrest and economic crisis. |
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Enrique escaped his indenture on 1 May with the aid of Rajah Humabon, amid the deaths of almost 30 crewmen. |
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The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of look-alikes. |
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This struggle took place amid strong support for slavery among white Southerners, who profited greatly from the system of enslaved labor. |
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In 1991 Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla came into the spotlight amid accusations of elitism and racism. |
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These days, Mrs. Kern, an 81-year-old widow, lives alone amid floors rotted in places and some paneless windows. |
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A year ago, amid the London riots, people were entitled to wonder if Mr Cameron had a point about Broken Britain. |
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The move came amid questions about the decision to take Napoli to an area of protected World Heritage Site coastline. |
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The dollar price of energy increased again the following year, amid the weakening competitive position of the dollar in world markets. |
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Night now gives place to the brightness of day, and amid its affulgence the world rolls on again to night, and each brings its incidents of life. |
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In the financial climate of the 1930s, amid the Great Depression, the project did not proceed. |
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Glittereyed, his rufous skull close to his greencapped desklamp sought the face, bearded amid darkgreener shadow, an ollav, holyeyed. |
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The small park is a welcome oasis amid the city's many factories. |
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Anaesthetists are being urged to check procedures amid fears the problem will spiral as Brits get fatter. |
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In the end BAA won a very much more limited injunction and the camp went ahead amid considerable worldwide publicity. |
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Here the princely hero is a nondancing cavalier amid the many swan-maidens who resemble the one with whom he is falling in love. |
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In March 2008, HBOS shares fell 17 percent amid false rumours that it had asked the Bank of England for emergency funding. |
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The nation formally became a member of NATO on 30 March 1949, amid domestic controversy and riots. |
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In May 2009 Winehouse returned to performing at a jazz festival in Saint Lucia amid torrential downpours and technical difficulties. |
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The trial opened on 3 April 1895 amid scenes of near hysteria both in the press and the public galleries. |
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In 1942, a battalion en route to India was redeployed to the Falklands as a garrison amid fears of a Japanese seizure of the archipelago. |
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It was demolished amid protests in October 2013 to make way for city centre redevelopment. |
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The heart mispleases me that is held coldly, Severely closed amid the years of feeling. |
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Interestingly, the similar seductive rain dances come amid talks of the two divas not being on good terms with each other. |
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In 1994, the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda failed to intervene in the Rwandan Genocide amid indecision in the Security Council. |
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In July 1978, amid a financial crisis caused by negligent investments, Waters presented the group with two original ideas for their next album. |
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Professional associations play a central role in this transformation amid criticisms on the lack of proper criteria to assure appropriate rigor. |
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There, amid an outcry to address Anselm's situation, Urban renewed bans on lay investiture and on clerics doing homage. |
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As archbishop, he defended the church's interests in England amid the Investiture Controversy. |
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During renewed sectarian unrest in Rakhine State in 2012, Bangladesh closed its borders amid fears of a third major exodus from Myanmar. |
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The British preferred to invite the most important countries, but the Americans believed that inviting as many as possible amid maximum publicity would affect world opinion. |
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This axiology is concerned with relationships that are respectful amid the researcher and participants, and even between the subject matter and the researcher. |
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The war began amid the Home Rule crisis in Ireland that had resurfaced in 1912 and, by July 1914, there was a serious possibility of an outbreak of civil war in Ireland. |
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Long years ago, amid the sunny hills Where Arno dashing makes the maddest mirth, A master lived whose melody enthrills, And ever will, the children of the earth. |
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In 408, Western Emperor Flavius Honorius ordered the execution of Stilicho and his family, amid rumours that the general had made a deal with Alaric. |
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In 2010 they were relegated to the Championship, and amid serious financial difficulties in February 2012, they were further relegated to League One. |
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A revival of interest in Old Norse religion occurred amid the romanticist movement of the nineteenth century, during which it inspired a range of artworks. |
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After passing the mouth of the right tributary called the Vitim, the Lena became wider and soon turned east, flowing amid the low banks and numerous islands. |
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In 2017, the Parliament of Catalonia unilaterally declared independence from Spain amid a constitutional crisis over the result of the independence referendum. |
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The British Nationality Act 1981 reclassifed Hong Kong into a British Dependent Territory amid the reorganisation of global territories of the British Empire. |
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The foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1874 amid great festivities. |
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The vessel got into difficulties in high winds last night and the crew abandoned ship amid fears it might capsize after its cargo of 5,258 tons of sawn timber shifted. |
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He had a loan spell with Sheffield United later in the season, before leaving St James's Park in the summer of 1998 to sign, amid much fanfare, for Wrexham. |
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Meanwhile, Japan ranks 26th out of 63 countries in a 2014 English Proficiency Index, amid calls for this to improve in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. |
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He was sacked as captain amid much furore after the 1978 season. |
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The main top is marked by a cairn set amid an area of stones. |
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However, amid claims of disharmony between the manager and captain Barry Ferguson, it was announced on 4 January 2007 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent. |
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There are no straight lines in nature, so the runwaylike precision of the canals is startling to the eye, wildly incongruous amid the natural curves of the bayous and lakes. |
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The retreat was undertaken amid chaotic conditions, with abandoned vehicles blocking the roads and a flood of refugees heading in the opposite direction. |
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The bill was defeated amid lobbying by company loyalists and accusations of nepotism in the bill's recommendations for the appointment of councillors. |
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After rapid growth in preceding decades, the country entered an ongoing recession in 2014 amid a political corruption scandal and nationwide protests. |
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The bill has created controversy amid civil society organizations. |
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With other DF members, he travelled to Blackburn, Lancashire in February 1884 amid the great cotton strike, where he lectured on socialism to the strikers. |
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The Kingdom imprisoned dozens of people last month in security trials amid fears that the conflicts in Iraq and Syria will radicalize a new generation of youth. |
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Rebuilt in the 1990s, the white stone building stands amid modern brick structures that attempt to recapture the style of More's former manor on the site. |
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The hideous features of the knouter pleaded in favour of the young heroine, who, amid a scene of general enthusiasm, was acquitted without hesitation on the part of the jury. |
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It was afternoon, and the sun shone slantingly on the waters of the river, above which on the hills amid trees and flowering gardens stood the house of Captain Andrew Brown. |
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The proposed agreement soon began to unravel amid claims from some loyalists that it was too generous towards the rebels, particularly the clergy who had joined the rebellion. |
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