Word: loner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reconstruct the past 18 years of his life and nail down the case against the man they believe is America's most wanted killer. They could also savor the vindication that he fit their expectations so uncannily. He was, as they had surmised, a white male, middle-aged, a loner whom no one would miss if he vanished for weeks at a time. An ideal neighbor who kept to himself--just as the entire town of Lincoln described "the hermit on the hill." The agents had expected a neat, meticulous man, someone who probably kept careful notes and lists...
...McVeigh? Who are you? What moves you? McVeigh: I don't think there is any way to narrow my personality down and label it as one thing or another. I'm just like anyone else. Movies I enjoy, comedies, sci fi. The big misconception is that I'm a loner. Well, I believe in having my own space. But that in no way means I'm a loner. I like women, social life. I don't think there is anything wrong with that...
...case, if you currently share a suite with a mysterious loner, take detailed notes of his or her odd behavior. You will probably need them for your interviews with major television, magazine and newspaper reporters in about 30 years...
...classmates who remember Kaczynski from their Harvard days describe him as a loner...
...some thought him a "sicko" and "a loner," no one could have foreseen the depth of evil in their midst. At the local morgue, hospital chaplain Jim Benson comforted parents as they identified their children. But no words, no memorials or visits by the Queen will make it easier for a parent to comprehend that a son, a daughter is never going to wake again. After one mother looked at her dead child, she turned to Benson and said, "My baby always sleeps like that...