Every imaginable sort of social or sexual or political unorthodoxy found a nurturing environment in the Village, and took root there.

There, in the midst of a mob of every imaginable sort of refugee, the blond was showing them a small pis-tol, as though they could have that, too, along with the watch.

So he bought rockets and crackers, and every imaginable sort of fire-work, put them all into his trunk, and flew up into the air.

As an adult, Mrs. Vazquez and her husband run Sentir Cubano, a store bursting with every imaginable sort of Cuban memorabilia, like posters of boxers, books and figurines.

The recordings played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.

"Mass torts of every imaginable sort would have been ripe for this kind of solution," Mr. Tribe said.

Created in 1916 to provide long-term loans not available from private banks, the Farm Credit System has since grown into a tangle of 400 virtually unregulated local cooperatives dispensing every imaginable sort of rural loan.

It'll be absolute chaos, tyranny of the very worst sort imaginable.

It had every imaginable sort of monitor screen, display, input device, peripheral or other gadget, but the utilitarian effect was softened by a carefully chaotic profusion of exotic and lovely plant life.

Shellfish of every sort imaginable are on display at this elegant restaurant and tapas bar.