The figures were popular for their high-quality moulding and their different extra weapons and poses as compared to the more common Airfix sets.

She recognized some other friends, and the dainty figure of Nicole, prettily posed on a patchwork quilt.

A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.

Such figures, some say, pose grave problems for those who hope for fully integrated school systems.

Typically, his portraits present one or two figures posed in front of a wall or framed in a doorway, gazing soulfully at the camera.

She recalls an upraised eyebrow, a glittering smile, a seductive face, an upright figure posed before a band, but little more.

The two figures in the center posed in a state of harmonious balance.

They say the figures pose nightmarish years ahead for the town's children and taxpayers.

As ornament, however, figures were largely devoid of any larger significance and perhaps therefore posed less challenge.

This strong female figure, these historians claim, posed a threat to male-dominated Christianity.