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While grating noises and intolerable heat may be experienced in pockets across the city, making it hard to draw direct comparisons, some whole sections of L.A. feel conspicuously beset by these environmental disturbances.

The year is 1971 and Easy, now 50, is beset by memories of his hardscrabble Southern youth and first loves before he enlisted to serve in World War II in Europe and Africa.

Researchers have now gained new insights into how that water pollution is creating air pollution that besets nearby communities.

Scotland's preparations had been beset by player contract uncertainty, but they were united in a dominant performance in front of 10,054 fans in Salford, a record for a game between the nations.

But others are clearly beset by problems that go far deeper than not wanting to wait in line or accept that their flight has been canceled.