I bumped into a group my neighbors from downstairs, a group of women who lead a local justice organization, our fliering for their preferred candidate, and in the midst of it, struck up a conversation with a stranger on the street.
In May, 119 people were killed in a church in northern Colombia when a missile fired by the FARC in the midst of a battle struck the roof of the building.
I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require.
The worldwide Great Depression struck in the midst of these changes, and U.S. government officials refocused their attention elsewhere.
"It's just a question of finding a location that's appropriate that reflects everybody's sensitivities," he said, adding that putting a memorial in the midst of the development had struck many residents as "like moving ground zero even closer to where they live".
The earthquake struck in the midst of the spring season in Nepal, when most of the attempts to climb mountains in the region are made.
Many organizations host their own conferences, but in the midst of ours, I was struck by something deeper than the usual conference buzz.
The cyclone struck in the midst of a political crisis, in which the top two candidates of the Malagasy presidential election in 2001 declared themselves the winner; the incumbent, who lost, attempted to declare Toamasina the new capital city, and the political instability disrupted relief efforts.
The cyclone struck in the midst of a political crisis, in which the top two candidates of the Malagasy presidential election in 2001 declared themselves the winner; the incumbent, who lost, declared Toamasina as the capital city, and the political instability disrupted relief efforts.
He read it more than a decade ago in the midst of the Iraq conflict and, struck by its contemporary parallels, began writing a story about a young boy's formative experiences to paint a big picture of political sickness.
