41.   As the bombs fell and immediately afterward, Jalalabad seemed an odd mix of war and routine, of tension and reflexive determination to get on with daily life.

42.   At the site Wednesday, friends and relatives brought an odd mix of desperate hopes and humble respect.

43.   But his personality remains an enigma, his reputation an odd mix of loutish bravado and good-natured humility.

44.   But there have been no signs of the rebels attempting to seize parts of Tetovo, where an odd mix of war and routine have been quickly grafted together.

45.   It creates an odd mix of information, some of it up to date and some of it far behind.

46.   It listened to testimony from an odd mix of noted hard-liners and liberals, who -- for varying reasons -- attacked Yeltsin and his government.

47.   There have been no signs of the rebels attempting to seize parts of Tetovo, where an odd mix of war and routine have been quickly grafted together.