Amid mounds of crumbled plaster, workmen in surgical masks were systematically detaching rows of pews from the floor.

Set amid mounds of paisley bedclothes, the scene is a protracted tease, projecting a languorous sexiness that seems to resonate with modern audiences.

All of these things had to be provided when the ice was packed a foot deep on the ground amid waist-high mounds of snow.

After 18 years of living amid mounds of books, newspapers and unidentifiable junk, Mr. Crisp has finally started to clear the detritus from his one-room apartment.

The grounds surrounding the laboratory were landscaped with clusters of pine trees and moss rock planted amid rolling mounds of grass.

The grounds are landscaped with pine trees and moss rock amid rolling mounds of grass.

"A theater is a very good thing for any community," said Miss Hayes, standing amid towering bouquets of white roses, mounds of birthday gifts and a strawberry sponge cake.

Passengers, bleary-eyed and disheveled, sat slumped in crowded lounges amid mounds of luggage or stretched out on carpeted waiting area floors.

TWO weeks after the birth of her son, Connor, Irene M. O'Brien received a letter, amid mounds of advertisements for baby products, that angered her.

"If something happens, it happens," he said with a shrug, sitting amid mounds of newspapers as a small radio blared out Hindi film music.