Mara stretched briefly and arose from amid stacks of parchments and tallies.

Thai curries and noodle dishes are now available to take home or to eat there at the few small tables amid stacks of cartons.

Indeed, even technological sophisticates attach scribbled notes to their desktop computers and work at desks amid stacks of documents.

There, the figure of Thronzo was standing totally dismantled amid stacks of machinery, upon which men were at work.

Cautiously I stepped inside amid the heaps and stacks of dusty objects.

Amid stacks of boxes containing everything from seltzer water to tinsel party favors I took in an interesting little tableau.

"Halfway between the knee and the ankle is best," Mr. Halima explains, sitting amid stacks of religious tracts in his small home.

Weapons glistened amid stacks of helmets; woven baskets held brooches, collarpieces, and chains.

Amid the towering piles and teetering stacks of video games that arrive every year there are always some that nag: the ones that got away.

Amid stacks of cardboard boxes from China, employees work the phones, brokering human hair.