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It occupies a 100-acre (40-hectare) site in the city's Balboa Park amid a setting of hills and canyons.

The superimposition of those cramped quarters on a structure that's fun, amid a setting of grassy luxuriance and architectural splendor, is laconically unsettling.

"I'm going to toss my arms -- if you catch them they're yours" reunites Brown's fluid movement with longtime collaborators Burt Barr and Alvin Curran amid a setting of industrial fans.

In his earlier movies, there was usually a project of sorts going on amid the sexual encounters — a set of taped interviews with people whose love affairs had gone bad in "Kissing on the Mouth" (2005); an audio montage of people making funny noises which a musician assembles into a rhythmically charged composition in "LOL" (2006).

"With fewer players in the U.S. and in Europe, clearly there is an opportunity for Société Générale," the bank's chief executive, Frédéric Oudea, told colleagues amid a serene setting of ivy-covered walls and classical statuary.

One way to understand Flake's experience is as a set of adventures amid these spasms.

(Amid a set full of cover versions, Mr. Greenwald also sang his own song "California").

The complicated tapestry of his life came to an end Tuesday when police in Charlotte, N.C., shot Scott outside a condominium complex amid a murky set of circumstances that sparked riots, fueled the debate over police tactics and became the latest Rorschach test for the nation's view on race.

The England team entered the series amid a unique set of circumstances and they performed far better than many could have imagined.

He added depth to the role of a child growing up fast amid an escalating set of terrible circumstances.

7 p.m. 2) LOCAL COLOR Truckee has a lively food and bar scene set amid a string of colorful and historic buildings.