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...nothing to do with being alone. For some people, feelings of isolation are sharpest during times that are in fact defined by togetherness - celebrations or the holidays, for instance. Walk into a bustling shopping mall or a buzzing holiday party this time of year, and even within a crowd - or perhaps especially in a crowd - it's possible to feel unbearably alone...
...hotels have certainly tightened up security, but at Victoria Terminus, the deadliest site of the attacks, the new metal detectors are almost comically inadequate. The flimsy contraptions are no match for millions of commuters, who swarm through and around them undeterred as they shake with the surge of the crowd. During this year's national elections, urban voter turnout remained well below that of the villages, and none of the reform-minded independents who ran for Parliament won more than 2% of the vote - including the outspoken, idealistic banker Meera Sanyal, who ran in south Mumbai. R.R. Patil, a Maharashtra...
...freshman threw it ahead to Lin, who separated from the crowd and finished with a thunderous one-handed dunk...
Initiates to the Isis Club, the last of the female final clubs to do ridiculous shit around campus, danced outside the Science Center today around noon. The ladies braved the rain—navy blazers and all—to perform for a crowd that consisted of a handful of tourists, bemused students, and a smattering of other final club members...
Apparently the crowd, which received positive reviews from those in attendance, was an attractive one. There was one fellow who was a bit too excited to be there, though: as a senior in Kirkland House told us, “the guy with the boner was asked to go into the backyard until he calmed down...