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...couldn't stand up for myself. I couldn't complain when a passerby socked me with his backpack. I couldn't cry foul when the woman stepped in front of me at Au Bon Pain. (Had I felt less defeated and a little less sick, I probably would have tripped...
Like everyone else here, I left a substantial existence at home. I remember the familiarity with which I would walk across our high school parking lot after the final bell, shirt untucked and backpack carelessly flung on my shoulder. It was easy to be happy then, when I knew the ways of the old place and had adjusted accordingly. I could go through entire weeks without a serious worry, and that is pretty impressive, if you know how much I worry...
Four years ago I visited the U.S. for the first time. I arrived in New York alone, weighed down with a heavy backpack, with no idea where I was to stay. The prospect of a cheap, insalubrious downtown hostel enticed me, so I headed for Madison Square Garden. Spat out onto the street from the subway, I had no idea where to go; people rushed past and into me without interest; and, of course, I couldn't look at a map. Everyone told me that--never look at a map on the street. Nascent paranoia was restrained as I made...
...assailants then attacked the third victim, robbing him of his backpack and wallet, which contained credit cards and $70 cash. The third victim had witnessed the first robbery, according to Cambridge Police Department spokesperson Frank T. Pasquarello...
...armed with my backpack full of good intentions, I resolved to shop an Arabic class. Despite the fact that I was following the path mapped out by a star-studded panel of University luminaries, Harvard did its utmost to prevent me from carrying out my adventurous resolution...