The United States is in fact in the middle of a dramatic revival and rejuvenation, propelled by an amazing wave of technological innovations.
Bell-Drummond, who hit 11 fours in his 268-ball knock, looked certain to surpass his previous first-class best of 103 made against Loughborough University in April, but was trapped leg before wicket by Palladino just moments after reaching his century in the middle of the dramatic Kent collapse.
Saturday Night Live alumna Kristen Wiig, as an oddball media executive, gives an out-of-place performance, like she's fleshing out a quirky character in an SNL skit in the middle of a dramatic movie.
Some children with perforations no longer undergo those dramatic middle-of-the-night emergency operations.
The slowing is even more dramatic among middle-of-the-pack runners.
Yet the former resident whose home once took up the entire middle of the block initiated dramatic changes in his country, and 15 years after he disappeared from Indonesia's political scene, debate still rages about whether they were for better or worse.
Pirelli needed to change the design of its tyres in the middle of the season following a series of dramatic failures, culminating in six issues at the British Grand Prix.
WHAT TO EXPECT Innkeepers agree that, especially if you're one of those tightly wound urbanites, a weekend in the middle of nowhere can have a dramatic effect.
So I was lucky to find myself, that night, slap bang in the middle of one of the most dramatic and beautiful spectacles I've ever seen, religious or otherwise.
Five people believed to be members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual group doused themselves with gasoline and set themselves on fire in the middle of Tiananmen Square this afternoon, a dramatic act of protest on the eve of China's most joyous holiday, Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year.
