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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...
Wang Shen is a printer in China's capital, and his business is inking just about any document you want, legitimate or otherwise. But even Wang was taken aback when a man in a baseball cap strolled into his narrow, back-room shop, plonked $80 on the table and asked him to forge a pilot's license. Two days later, it was ready, expertly laminated and adorned with a pair of red seals. "It looked very real," says the 34-year-old printer. "The man came back and told me no one could tell the difference...
...when the game was on the line, Harvey invariably rose to the occasion. In Harvard's second meeting with Dartmouth this season, Harvey's clutch performance at the free throw line helped secure a narrow 60-56 win on the road. Then, with the score tied in the closing seconds of a non-league battle with Hartford, Harvey hit a running jumper in the lane to give the Crimson the victory as time expired. Clutch, last-second performances became the trademark of Harvey's-and Harvard's-success...
...Their narrow focus expanded as their touring pulled them away from their cloistered upbringing and led them out to the world beyond...
...Hoyas went on to win the race by claiming second, third and fifth place-good for a narrow 10-11 victory...