It still surprises her when she's recognized by strangers "I look like everybody's aunt, " she says, accurately.
She imagined him in a coffin surrounded by strangers and none of his old friends.
He has nightmares, too, about pelting, filthy storms and attacks by strangers on him and his family.
According to the study, 51 percent of all instances of financial abuse of the elderly are crimes committed by strangers.
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In the early 1980s, during one of America's regular crime scares, the claim gained currency that 50, 000 children were being abducted by strangers every year.
Being followed around by strangers tends to give me the creeps.
Runaways comprise the largest number of the missing children, Best said, and while there are few abductions by strangers, those "emotional, wrenching stories" make an impact.
The authors say the study is the first of its kind to try to discover the extent of abuse, and attempted abuse, of children by strangers.
We fear being murdered, kidnapped, raped and assaulted by strangers, when it's far more likely that the perpetrator of such offenses is a relative or a friend.
Displaced Christians said they received threatening text messages and "had been approached by strangers asking to see their national identity cards, which show religious affiliation, " the commission said.
The DoorBot installs with four screws, but it'll have you running through four AA batteries once a year for power (which, based on the video, seem easily removable by strangers, unfortunately).
The survey found that the same proportion of attacks were carried out by victims' relatives as they were by strangers, while a large proportion were perpetrated by boyfriends of the victims.
Photographs and videos can rocket through cyberspace, instantly viewable by strangers on the other side of the world or by law enforcement agencies, courtesy of Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
This bill was intended to clarify that families of kidnapped children (but only those abducted by strangers) could continue to claim the dependency exemption, child tax credit and the earned income tax credit (EITC).
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Children abducted by relatives, runaways, and abductions by strangers are the three classifications of what came to be repackaged and rebranded by activists as "missing children" in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Best said.
All professors experience the vagaries of school administrations, competitive or antipathetic colleagues, the inexplicable thought processes of grant committees, the threat of a career permanently derailed by strangers, and the occasional helicopter parent and self-entitled student.
When not being accosted by curious strangers, wearers can use the eyewear to break the ice.
He has dreams, too, nightmares about filthy pelting storms and attacks by mysterious strangers on him and his family.
In the capital, five Somali children and teenagers have been murdered by gangs of strangers in as many years.
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The random acts of kindness by well meaning strangers have a downside.
For those that aren't so bold and want to be set up with strangers by social media, a website for shy and lovelorn flyers went live earlier this year.
It's strangers by whom we fear being murdered, kidnapped, raped and assaulted, when it's far more likely that any perpetrator of such offenses is a relative or a friend.
Locals, from swaddled to sandaled, make a day of shopping for trinkets and edibles, lunching at outdoor tables or strolling for the amusement of being surrounded by neighbours and strangers.
"We were all taught about talking to strangers by our parents but there are few people who are computer savvy enough to pass on advice to kids who use the internet, " said its spokesman.
Incredible Shrinking Woman syndrome is almost par for the course when women are shoved into the limelight and mercilessly dissected by millions of strangers about each outfit they wear and every pound they gain or lose.
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Airbnb, founded in August 2008, is dedicated to the promise that lots of people are willing to earn money by renting out a room in their home and that lots of people are willing to save money by crashing in strangers' abodes rather than in motels or hotels.
The second study, commissioned by Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) and the National Cyber Security Alliance, also shows that more than 60% of employees sometimes use mobile devices without encrypted or password-protected data to connect to their work's network, and more than a third sometimes work by piggybacking on strangers' wireless Internet connections.
He was often accompanied by an entourage of strangers whom he declined to introduce to anyone in the room.
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If I hire Sears (NYSE:SHLD) or Home Depot (NYSE:HD) to make certain improvements in my house because they have a reputation for reliable services, I would feel betrayed if I get services from strangers hired by the said companies, especially if they perform a sloppy job.
They were package tours, traveling in the company of strangers, riding by bus through the countryside, each meal and museum and hotel prearranged.
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