Redressing the balance are a series of exhibitions, performances, screenings and talks scattered throughout Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
His presence has been a major magnet for the really remarkable collection of Mahler scholars who contributed to Ms. Painter's book, and to the panels and talks scattered through the two weekends.
McKeith's pseudo-academic work is like the rituals of the cargo cult: the form is superficially right, the superscript numbers are there, the technical words are scattered about, she talks about research and trials and findings, but the substance is lacking.
We talk about scattered dissatisfaction.
When an American talks about a "welfare state", they're talking about scattered programmes such as food stamps, tiny cash benefits and milk and formula vouchers for infants and pregnant women, which together provide a fraction of the benefits a British citizen is entitled to.
Police officers were also scattered around the Great Lawn, talking in small groups.
My kids were scattered around the table, talking, laughing, so proud of their little brother, enjoying the moment of seeing their parents together in happy times.
My my sister, my three brothers and I are scattered now, but when we talk long-distance, before discussing our kids' grades, our spouses' foibles or our parents' knee replacements, I always ask: "Have you had any great sleep lately?" When the answer is yes, I fluff the sofa pillows, take off my shoes, stretch out and demand details.
Madoff seems a bit scattered on this point — he talks about their "willful blindness," but then professes surprise at the e-mails turning up in lawsuits, in which some bankers seem to have doubts: "I'm reading more now about how suspicious they were than I ever realized at the time," he said with a faint smile.
