Yet the painter is skillful in depicting their clothing, and three trees that form the central axis in both works have a majesty that makes you wish they were not so incidental to the composition.

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The half-blind cleric--who leads the Nadhlatul Ulama, a moderate Muslim organization with 30 million members--has actually won greater support from a loose coalition of eight Islamic parties known as the Central Axis than from his own PKB, which still claims to back Megawati.

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Peak falls on trough to create a core of darkness along the lens's central axis.

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But she is firmly positioned on the other axis that runs through Spanish politics, the balance of power between central government and the regions.

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