While they are careful not to appear to take pleasure in this latest bout of troubles, Icelanders have met the volcanic eruption mostly with a collective sigh of relief.
Up until this point, Qween Beat has functioned mostly as a collective of Mike's friends he'd met online, at The Globe, and in-person.
The droves of critics who attended seemed, mostly, to let out a collective exhale of discontent.
But as kickoff approached, the mood began to shift, and by the time the ball was in play, a collective, mostly unacknowledged gloom had overcome us all.
Atenco is mostly composed of ejidos - a collective rural landholding system established in the early 20th century but which following liberalization in the 1990s could be put up for sale or taken over through eminent domain.
I-Witness Video, a collective of mostly volunteer videographers, is not suing the city, but its members said they were now subject to demands that could have a chilling effect on their work.
The geopolitics of military action are just as problematic: the United States, supported by a handful of mostly silent partners, is upholding a collective standard single-handedly, and preserving the mission of the United Nations by ignoring it.
A close-up examination of high-powered, mostly male teamwork driven by a collective sense of purpose, it includes too much self-congratulatory celebrity schmoozing and hugging for comfort.
The transcript, as far as I can tell, has yet to be leaked online, but the video (God bless the Queen) shows a genuine, moving moment that highlights what Angelou does so well as a poet: speak with singular meaning to a collective of mostly disparate people.
