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...DOWNTOWN BRIDGE A maintenance man takes advantage of the lull to mop the tile floor in the narrow walkway that funnels pedestrians from Mexico into downtown Laredo. Customs supervisor Greg Salinas expects the traffic to pick up in a few hours, when the borrachos come over, the drunks and Friday-night revelers who have been enjoying the Nuevo Laredo night life, some even venturing to Boystown, the red-light district, where prostitutes have held court for generations of Texas fraternity boys, roughnecks and cowboys. The revelers will buy tequila and six-packs of Corona at half the U.S. price...
TIME.com: Fighting in Macedonia has flared up again after another brief lull, and the government has launched offensives on two fronts against Albanian separatists. Is the government winning...
...There was a lull just before the sprint and [B.U.] moved on it," Davies said...
...Crimson's frustration boiled over again shortly after Northeastern tied the game at 2-2 in the sixth. As Harvard took the field between innings, Harvard Assistant Coach Gary Donovan took advantage of the lull in the action to exchange a few more choice words with the umpire...
...Well, the lull in fighting over the past couple of days had been some cause for cautious optimism, but tonight's fighting suggests things will escalate. The situation could become more complex if the rebels are in fact moving their bases further out of range of government artillery and heavy machine guns in Tetovo. Because that could turn into a more long-term campaign of sniping and harassment...