31.   One particularly striking image, of a street seen from above, shows boys and girls scattered among ornate chalk drawings that cover the pavement.

32.   One man sorted through a pile of clothing scattered among the plaster and paint chips, ignoring the chipped cherub that hovered above on a frieze.

33.   People here are used to cold winter and hot summers, and most seem accustomed to the missile silos scattered among nearby farms.

34.   Perusing video release schedules for the fall and winter, one finds an unusually large number of finely realized little films scattered among the more ham-fisted blockbusters.

35.   Perhaps scattered among the cliches and tail-finned antiquities of those shows are clues to the whereabouts of our lost innocence.

36.   Responsibility for administering the dozens of laws concerning food safety is scattered among a dozen different agencies, each with a different approach to its regulatory mission.

37.   Scattered among the bulletins of massive layoffs are austere TV commercials in slo-mo black-and-white in which corporations pledge their solidarity with the American spirit.

38.   Scattered among the hills are fanciful but recognizable miniatures of New York landmarks in materials like holly leaves, corn husks and sycamore bark.

39.   Scattered among the brash realist paintings here are several less flashy, introspective works.

40.   Scattered among the debris on the platform were yellow rose petals from a holiday bouquet.