For 100 days Jiang is recording himself and posting video as he approaches strangers to make odd requests that have a high chance of rejection.
He was often accompanied by an entourage of strangers whom he declined to introduce to anyone in the room.
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He's not above accosting strangers: When he noticed on a recent JetBlue flight that his seatmate, a teenager, had a bag of Pirate Booty, Ehrlich grilled him for 40 minutes to determine the young man's tastes and snack preferences.
He's not above accosting strangers: When he noticed on a recent JetBlue (nasdaq: JBLU - news - people ) flight that his seatmate, a teenager, had a bag of Pirate Booty, Ehrlich grilled him for 40 minutes to determine the young man's tastes and snack preferences.
Facebook had to disable a messaging feature after a Welsh student revealed he could access strangers' messages.
Along the way he met up with strangers who had emailed him about the video and aided his efforts in finding the owners, who he met on his last stop in Paris.
Assange says that he has chased away strangers who have tried to take his picture for surveillance purposes.
Journalist Graeme Wood strapped on one of these bracelets from BI Incorporated and visited a pizza parlor in (coincidentally) Pennsylvania to see what kind of reaction he would get from strangers.
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"We will never become dependent on the kindness of strangers, " he wrote in his 2009 letter to shareholders.
But like many successful Kickstarter campaigns, the hard work has just begun, and with nearly a million dollars from mostly strangers Drumm knew he had to deliver.
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The network includes kids like Glendan Lawler, a freshman at UC, Berkeley who says he talks to everyone, even strangers on the bus.
He was endearingly trusting when, a few days before giving a landmark lecture this week on Conservative crime policy, he allowed a pair of complete strangers supposedly desperate for a pee into his house in the early hours of the morning.
But while I believe my son knows not to communicate with "strangers, " the way he's exposing his life in cyberspace is making me tense.
He showed me that the kindness of strangers and the support of the international community are truly the rays of hope that the North Korean people need.
He too experiences prejudice and animosity from strangers.
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Partly because of his stammer, brought on by a fall through a roof as a lad, and partly because people from Hesket didn't talk too much as a rule, he didn't care to meet strangers.
He was bottomlessly terrified, and dozens of strangers seemed to feel his feelings whether they wanted to or not.
Matt Perry of Wachovia Capital Markets noted that the managed-care and pharmacy-benefit-management sectors are no strangers to government investigations, but he said he could not recall any that involved an FBI search.
He is a regular Couchsurfing host, allowing random strangers to stay in his apartment on a regular basis for free.
Calipari has said he'd prefer a scenario in which players stayed two years in school, but he has thrived within this volatile landscape of passing strangers.
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Strangers pat him on the back, and he felt he did a job well done.
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The response to his flier has him feeling even more hopeful he's heard from a busload of neighbors and strangers cheering him on.
Despite the problems he has faced from investigators, Hatfill said he has been buoyed by support from family, friends and strangers.
He has not slept properly for two years and cannot cope with strangers - rarely leaving his home.
Usually, he had to stay at inns, where you shared rooms with strangers.
"There is sometimes the perception that child sex offenders are strangers - sinister figures lurking in the shadows, " he said.
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