71.   What happens to a literary lion when he loses his very essence?

72.   Why has Hollywood abandoned those wonderfully lavish symphonic scores with their distinctive melodic themes that captured the very essence of the films?

73.   And there is no warmer welcome than the attentive service and luxurious ambience that is the very essence of the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong.

74.   And unlike Mladic, Karadzic has irritated the international community with repeated public appearances and statements that challenge the very essence of the Dayton peace accord.

75.   Culture and venerable ancient monuments, the very essence and expression of the past, are being preserved for future generations.

76.   Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty.

77.   He provides both beautiful and melancholy compositions that summarize the very essence of the tragic actress.

78.   If America were to turn in on itself, would this not be the beginning of the end of what constitutes the very essence of the American experience?

79.   It is the very essence of our very own well-being.

80.   It is the very essence of his life.