Word: loiterer
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...Hana and Aya, both 15, loiter outside a fast-food joint in Shibuya staring at a sheet of purikura photos, instant snapshots printed on stickers taken in arcade booths. It features the two in various poses with four guys who look to be in their mid-20s. "We can't go home because our parents would smell the drink on us," says Hana, her face clouding. "I hate them. They're so strict." Lately she's run away for longer periods, sometimes sleeping at her friend Aya's house, sometimes partying for days on end. Hana brightens and nudges...
...local offices of his party, along with stickers proclaiming--in English--HE IS PEACE. HE MEANS FREEDOM! Several in the top ranks of the local police have been accused by human-rights groups of ethnic cleansing and of brutally interrogating inmates at a local concentration camp. Drug barons loiter at the town's dilapidated hotel; foreign aid is nonexistent. Whether Karadzic is found soon or not, the forgotten, unforgiving towns of eastern Bosnia are likely to remain places where the shadow of the past lies heavily on the silent streets...
...crackdown is targeting manufacturers of fake certificates. A raid this year in Shanghai's Qingpu district netted 1,000 fake drivers' licenses, 1,050 fraudulent diplomas and a cache of forged car and motorcycle plates. Children, too, are in on the game. In the northeastern city of Changchun, vendors loiter near school grounds, enticing students who want to please parents with proof of academic success. A fake class-monitor certificate, which normally goes to an obedient teacher's pet, sells for just 12. That's lunch money, even in China?and it sure beats studying...
Some have also suggested that the perpetrators of these crimes might be among the teenagers who loiter near the Harvard Square T stop. Although we hope the police will eventually find and arrest the perpetrators of these crimes, we would warn our peers against rashly labeling these "pit kids" as societal threats. It would be sad if, in opposition to bigotry, students began themselves to fall into the trap of stereotyping. No bridge of tolerance can be built without movement from both sides toward a common understanding...
...huge Moreton Bay Fig tree. The scale might be small, but the vibe is pure Wall Street. The pin game is all about smart networking and sharp dealing, snaring the trophies you want by trading your duplicates rather than forking out cash. Dedicated pinheads have been known to loiter in the lobbies of five-star hotels at checkout time, hoping to talk corporate Games visitors into parting with their "guest pins" before they head to the airport - where other pinheads may be lying in wait. And the game is getting bigger: During the Atlanta Olympics, an estimated 3 million pins...