The men were hungry, but their boss in the white helmet was a bit skeptical when I told him a guy working at a hot dog cart some 10 blocks away claimed to have 50 hot dogs he could sell them.

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It was a bit weird at first, because I'd read so much about him through the press and had my own impression.

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To his credit, Adrian saw an opening to press me a bit on my own perspective and I told him that some of my friends had entered lotteries at their local parishes to try and get a coveted ticket to the Mass.

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