But 20 years of experience has shown that it is impossible to create a one-size-fits-all system that can work in such disparate places as the Bronx and rural Alabama.

His troubles have come in disparate places, where laser-guided ordnance, and good-vs.

Even though European designs have been available here, it used to take some hunting and foraging in disparate places to piece together an entire bathroom.

"Beginning with the collective's name, everything related to Slavs and Tatars is about building connections between seemingly disparate subjects-whether places, histories or ideologies."

But perhaps the most intriguing thing about Mr. Boymelgreen, 53, is his ability to see real estate gold in the most disparate places.

It cropped up in a number of disparate places, giving that much more credence to its veracity.

And since the burglaries occurred in disparate places the pattern was slow to emerge.

He's been compared to the character in the Woody Allen film Zelig in which the character keeps appearing in disparate places.

He said it was unlikely, however, that the United States would consider direct military action in Indonesia, "because it's such a big and disparate place."

But their credibility is bolstered by the consistency of testimony from refugees and prisoners in disparate places who have had no chance to coordinate their stories.