When the situation is chaotic, a good fallback is to pick up some quality for your portfolio.

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Mr Veltroni is widely thought to have done a good job running Italy's chaotic capital.

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It has also helped spur on other chaotic freedoms: look at the way ideas, good, bad and mad, are texted around the world.

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One of the scientists leading the research is Prof Geraint Vaughan, of the University of Manchester, who told me that however good the models "we can't escape the fact that the atmosphere is chaotic".

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More pleasant than the chaotic St Marks Place one block south, East 9th between Second Ave and Avenue A is a good intro to the vintage stores and curio shops of the East Village.

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