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...read that Zed (?) interrupts the meeting repeatedly to ask that the town board be dismantled and he be made president. Zed (?) is ignored. Zed (?) then motions to be put in charge. Zed (?) is not seconded, then denied. FlyBy wonders why this sounds vaguely familiar...
...more than just a driving mishap, it can't compel him to grant a police interview. "If not, he's only obligated to pay a traffic fine and the cost of the hydrant he knocked over," says an official in Orange County (which includes Orlando and Isleworth) who is familiar with the case and spoke on condition of anonymity since the county is not involved in the probe. (See the 2009 TIME 100: Tiger Woods...
...most plebeians would expect after trashing public property at 2:30 in the morning. (And if Florida police aren?t careful, they risk looking as if they?re handling a celeb with kid gloves.) Moreover, "we expect greater disclosure from a celebrity like Tiger Woods because he is so familiar to us," says Ida Cook, a sociologist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. "When we're denied that, it doesn't feel right...
...hotel is imprinted on my memory, along with the kindness of the stranger who gave me water from his own bottle when I was nearing exhaustion and the shops were all closed. As the blasts and grenades went off, the streets and the people began to feel familiar and, somehow, safe...
With time running out in the opening period, Harvard was in the familiar position of trusting Lin with the ball. The senior cradled the ball for a few seconds, ran off a pick at the top of the key, and buried a three-pointer as time expired to give the Crimson a 46-26 lead. The buzzer beater was the Lin’s third in four games...