Word: biked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems like a cruel tale of urban lore too tragic to be true. A naive student from a small town overseas comes to the big city. Only hours after he steps off the plane, all his Ph.D. dissertation research is stolen after he leaves his briefcase and bike unattended for a few minutes. Years of research vanish; even his passport and diary disappear...
...only speculate on what became of Oliver Schmidt's research. Perhaps one of the skate rats wandered across the street from the pit by the T station and discovered the unlocked bike. Maybe the composition books full of notes on German-American relations provided a brief diversion from the hackey-sack games favored by the tattooed, purple-haired, unwashed denizens...
...choose to work in a bike shop for a summer instead of doing research with a professor, will that really ruin the rest of your life? If you take a year off to travel around the Himalayas with a backpack while your corporate friends earn $40,000 their first year, does that mean you are a failure? If you work in a non-career-track job before you decide whether to go to graduate school, does that mark you as a loser...
When Schmidt returned, his bike, briefcase and two years of research were gone...
...even care about the bike," he said