Within the last week, Scottish teens have showcased what a playful prime minister we've just lost, while in a London college pre-voters massed around Nick Clegg, who needed something to illustrate "the biggest shake-up of our democracy" since the Great Reform Act.
Aidan Turner holding back massed vampire armies of three people?
Nato said after both instances it had not seen evidence of a pullback, and last week the US government published satellite photos that it said showed Russian forces still massed near the Ukrainian border.
The announcement followed a violent night in which police dispersed demonstrators who massed outside the main government office to denounce alleged vote-rigging.
In neighbouring Pakistan, Pushtun tribesmen and Islamic zealots massed at the border to join the Taliban, who asked them not to cross the border hardly the gesture of a regime with its back against the wall.
Yet the fragility of his mandate emboldened his Republican foes in Congress, who would not have dared be so obstructive if they had felt that Mr Obama had made a case that had won over the centre ground, and the country had massed at the president's side.This would apply to Mr Romney just as much, should he win.
It would also mean discussing confidence-building measures to reduce the threat to South Korea from North Korean troops and artillery massed across the border.Mr Kim, miffed at being included in George Bush's "axis of evil", had seemed to turn that offer down flat.
The tanks massed in and around Tiananmen Square may be there not just to frighten off protesters, but to defend the claim to power of Mr Deng's ally-in-blood, President Yang Shangkun, against more liberal challengers.
About 150 members of both houses of Congress massed on the steps of the Capitol to listen to Mr Hastert and Tom Daschle pledging that America would stand united against terrorism.
Very soon after the accident as many as 400 workers had massed and proceeded through the streets as a rampaging mob for about two hours.
It is the possibility of Mr Hussein keeping his nerve and the alliance cracking first.Given the balance of forces, political and military, it seems extraordinary that Mr Hussein could stare down the powerful coalition massed against him.
