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...Follow me, ” the middle aged man says, and I obey. Although he’s a stranger, I have no choice; I’m stumbling through a Bavarian suburb after 10 p.m. in search of my budget pension, and I’m thoroughly lost. Finally though, someone is helping me. The man, sporting a full Bavarian moustache-and-mullet deal, must be my pension (that’s European for cheap hotel) owner, coming out to look for me. His ’do symbolizes relief...
...seems to retain. He's employed an inventive cheekiness working on election campaigns in his youth. Out on the town, he can be a show-off and a charmer. At an Indian restaurant one evening a decade ago, he launched into a funny and impromptu toast for a stranger celebrating his birthday at another table. But he also has a darker, brooding - some say menacing - side; it can be a turn-off to women, in particular. Latham's exuberance, enthusiasm and passion for the cause can run off the rails. He's tribal, never backs away from a fight...
...third time this year Copple had sustained the injury, first this spring and then again during the Shrine Bowl—an All-Star game for graduating Nebraska seniors, on July 24. Nor is he a stranger to the surgery—he has had the same procedure performed on his right shoulder. He had hoped treatment could be postponed until after his first semester at Harvard...
...danger." It's a place that is emotionally and sexually repressed, that pits student against student in a brutal exam system, that values gossip about people more than connections between them. Spiraling into despair, Niuniu notes: "You don't have to be from a strange place to be a stranger...
...stranger sights of this sporting year occurred in New Delhi on the sixth stop of the Olympic torch's world tour. The eternal flame's five-week trip was meant to ignite worldwide sporting passion. India awarded the event appropriate pomp: television networks ran blanket coverage and main roads in the Indian capital were closed off, causing world-record traffic jams. But once the relay started, a look at the torchbearers revealed a surprise. Aside from a handful of lesser Olympians, India had chosen Bollywood stars and cricketers as the guardians of sports' supreme icon. The crowds were huge...