In it, Mr. Pawson maximizes his own handsome projects, which he immodestly sprinkles amid images of awesome contributions to architectural history.

To the author's credit, there are some clever twists and a few evocative passages sprinkled amid the plot points, but "Kill Me First" feels like an idea for a screenplay that is walking around disguised as a novel.

Scattered in their wake, sprinkled amid the empty seats of Giants Stadium, were small white towels, left behind like yesterday's confetti.

The organizers of the annual housing conference held by the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums always try to sprinkle a few lighthearted topics amid the weighty.

The first graders, in white, were the stars, sprinkled amid the tiny blue T-shirts of the kindergartners.

For one moment I saw its lights below sprinkled exquisitely amid the clouds, the scarf like a great heavy stone in the very midst of my being, slowing me, giving me a rise and fall with the wind that felt oddly good.

Tilemaking is the fourth-largest industry here - after textiles, construction and agriculture - with factories sprinkled amid the farms and orange groves.

Sampras did not have the luxury of claiming a set for himself before his quarterfinal, which featured 93 much-interrupted minutes of play sprinkled amid more than five and a half hours' worth of rain delays, was abandoned for the day.

While Morgan plays fair in sprinkling clues amid the fast-paced repartee and carnage, the high-tech nature of the crime makes it unlikely that any reader will solve the mystery before Kovacs does.

F Map Formerly a US military rest-and-recreation facility, 246-hectare Camp John Hay has been reinvented as a mountain resort with restaurants, hotels, shops and a fantastic golf course sprinkled amid rolling hills and stands of Benguet pines.