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Being a territorial species, people began marking their turf only a few hours after the dawn's early light. With strategically placed bags and baskets, sneakers and sheets, a single person would defend a territory that would later fit a whole troop. Others would rope off areas and glare fiercely above their sunglasses if you strayed too close to their range. Some fellow interns and I grabbed some coffee and staked out a spot near the Washington Monument...
...EVIL EMPIRE In Red Dawn (1984; 1), a Reagan-era fable, America is invaded by the commies, but our noble youth prevail...
PARIS: They partied all night in St. Denis, suburban home of the Stade de France. Anywhere between 800,000 and 1.5 million of them partied all night on the Champs-Elysées. Even in far-flung London, ex-pats danced in the fountains of Trafalgar Square till dawn. France's surprise 3-0 victory over Brazil in the World Cup final Sunday has prompted what one Parisian daily, France-Soir, called a "tricolor orgasm" -- one that looks set to blend seamlessly into Tuesday's Bastille Day celebrations. Writing in Le Parisien, one journalist even suggested that July...
When their soccer heroes scored a 2-1 triumph and thereby killed U.S. hopes in the World Cup, Iranians flooded into the streets and whooped and hooted until dawn. No "Death to America" this time. In fact, a few Cup-crazed fans raced their cars up and down Valiasr Street, Tehran's main drag, with the American flag fluttering out the window. One reveler even cried out, within earshot of the bearded morality police who kept a disapproving watch on the fun, "We love America...
...heard the news from this reporter. Wiping her hands on her well-worn cook's apron, the bespectacled owner of the 25-year-old Gallagher's farm market and bakery could barely contain her excitement: "That's wonderful! That's great!" Fire up your ovens! It's a new dawn at the National Cherry Festival, for 72 years a celebrated rite of summer in quaint Traverse City, Mich. For the first time in more than two decades, you'll be able to buy a slice of freshly made cherry pie at the fest, which runs all next week along...