By one of those good fortunes of timing that lonely people long for, the phone began to ring just seconds after Arty set down the receiver.

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Have you found any good strategies for making yourself less lonely?

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Sara Benson's "Mini guide to Las Vegas" from the BBC's Lonely Planet Magazine is a good primer.

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The men most susceptible to a good flirt are those with big egos, lonely men, unhappy men and needy men.

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Then there's his awkward romance with a lonely woman (Miranda Richardson, very good as usual) who works at the radio station where he preaches on Sunday mornings.

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Writing about TV may be a lonely and thankless endeavor, but this part is pretty good.

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Some of them are not in a good condition as far as their health is concerned and all of them are desperately lonely, and long for association with other people.

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Police probing Finland's first known school shooting said Thursday that a picture was emerging of the gunman as a lonely, antisocial 18-year-old who acted alone and left a suicide note saying good-bye to his family, but that his motive was unclear.

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