Everywhere was the usual litter, the broken furniture and torn paper that seem to be the inevitable products of revolution.

Down the Street of Smiths came Kimash, not in his usual litter but in a chariot with gilded sides drawn by donkeys with gilded reins and harnesses.

Maura saw none of the usual litter that followed CPR.

Inside were shaving gear, the usual litter of patented medicines, several old toothbrushes, and some out-dated Tetracycline antibiotics.

The cramped passage at the bottom contained the usual litter of crates and cylinders.

The desks were covered in the usual litter of paper, plastic cups, books, manuals, almanacs, magazines, and sooty ashtrays.

One might expect the people who'd slept in the hotel to leave evidence of their stay-the usual litter and trash.

Scattered over the satinwood table is the usual litter of quarterlies and rough-paper weeklies and, as always, the great folio The Life of the Buddha.

By then, tourists will be able to stroll through the Kremlin gardens and see fountains gushing, flower beds packed with gladiolus and roses, and pathways swept of the usual litter and bottle shards.

But the wheelchair was empty, swivelled back against the wall, and the desk where he always sat was unnaturally tidy, the usual litter of notebooks, magazines and newspapers all cleared away and stacked neatly on top of the transmitter.