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...Harvard football team, it's no treat. No stranger to bad luck, the Crimson is still juggling its lineup and its playbook to cope with the otherworldly number of injuries that struck the team in the first half of the season. At one time or another, 14 starters haven't started for medical reasons...
Police officials said they have received 15 similar complaints in the last three weeks about the man. The victims accounts typically described a surprise visit by a stranger who identified himself as a Harvard student the actor Sidney pointer's son and the friend of one of the resident's relatives...
...stranger would usually then explain that he had been mugged and needed a place to stay overnight and some cash to borrow. The next morning he would move...
...brilliant day in the spring of 1980, a stranger arrived at L'Estère marketplace in Haiti's fertile Artibonite Valley. The man's gait was heavy, his eyes vacant. The peasants watched fearfully as he approached a local woman named Angelina Narcisse. She listened as he introduced himself, then screamed in horror-and recognition. The man had given the boyhood nickname of her deceased brother Clairvius Narcisse, a name that was known only to family members and had not been used since his funeral...
After bantering with students, Gallagher told of his tireless pursuit for "coolness." His story, punctuated by shrieks and microphone mishaps, ended up with his self-proclaimed lack of poise on public transportation. "The most embarrassing thing is to wake up with your head on a stranger's shoulder... drooling. It's really hard to look cool then...