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But still OSSL waits for any fresh meetings to take place, and still the mystery of the corporate oil giant, the local police force and a large consignment of alcohol goes on against the backdrop of one of the most breathtaking shorelines in Europe.

This stance is set against a backdrop of one of the most hardline immigration policies in the western world.

The routing will create a photo opportunity that places Francis against the backdrop of one of the most visible signs of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Thomas held the fort for the Orange, playing his first meaningful minutes of the season amid the backdrop of one of the greatest games in college basketball history.

Ian Rankin's 16th Inspector Rebus novel is a big, sometimes elegiac, read set against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous weeks in recent Scottish history: the G8 summit meeting in Edinburgh in July 2005.

Each quarterback who takes a snap in today's N.F.L. games does so with the backdrop of one of his brethren, Jeff George, having been cut, not benched, last week by the Washington Redskins after two measly games.

But more than a century ago, when the canyon still was known as Daisy Dell, it provided the backdrop for the violent theatrics of one of the fiercest characters ever to perform on the stage of Southern California history.

As Mr. Wang's heirs battle over the billions, Court No. 27 has throbbed with charges of forgery, adultery and drug use -- all against the backdrop of the mysterious vanishing of one of Hong Kong's richest men.

Oh, a curtain came down, all right — a digital approximation of one, anyway, that served as the video backdrop for a supper-clubby rendition of one of her least convincing songs, "Alejandro". Then she did the even snoozier "Teeth," of all things, a deeper cut than that German-titled song that didn't have the advantage of a melody.

Instead, the primary season is serving as the backdrop for one of the most compelling runs of event television in years, creating the kind of chatter network marketers would kill for and spectacular ratings for cable news.

Choosing a Southern state as the backdrop for one of his most conservative speeches of the presidential campaign, Mr. Gore proposed federal spending of $500 million a year to help states test, treat and counsel prisoners and parolees for drug use.