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...Lieut.-Col. Websdane was also optimistic for a return to normality: "I told my sheikh friends who've invited me back for a holiday that in five years' time I'll be back, wearing a suit or carrying a backpack." Only if that day comes will the Australians truly be able to consider their mission accomplished...
...best described as the bastard child of a yak and a mastodon—lapping from a stream. There is, in fact, a herd of these creatures, and Björk sits among them, camouflaged in vaguely Asian clothing replete with an absurd hat and an old backpack. As she warbles unintelligibly, Björk sits atop one of the beasts and takes off down the river. Now things get really weird. The yaks begin to flow into one another, like the water of the river, and Björk’s backpack grows arms, then...
...sent on his or her way. March 12 11:28 a.m.—Officers responded to a report of an individual screaming in William James Hall. Officers arrested Philip Macleod, 62, for trespassing. 7:22 p.m.—An individual in Lamont Library refused to have their backpack checked at the door. Officers spoke with the individual and calmed the situation. March 15 12:57 a.m.—Officers noticed two individuals behaving strangely near a motor scooter at the corner of Harvard St. and Prescott St. The officers sent the individuals...
...cautioned the explosive was nonetheless "capable of causing injury or death." At a news conference, Kelly brandished an unassuming green ammunition container - readily available, he said, in military supply stores - similar to that which held the crudely fashioned bomb. He said witnesses placed a hooded man with a backpack riding a bicycle on the island before the blast. Police released a grainy surveillance video Thursday afternoon of the attack showing a bicyclist on the island immediately before the loud blast, which sent white smoke billowing through the empty intersection...
...Then it began to rain. At first a novelty, the downpour did not cease for the next two days and nights. We slept on wet tarps, our bear bags were soaked, and I had no article of dry clothing in all of my soggy backpack. I transformed from too-talkative and overeager to silently focused on survival. At the end of the third day, our leader announced that we would evacuate the area because of the danger of flooding...