Depending on the capricious whims of the extreme Arctic climate and calendar, thick clouds reveal remote fragments of the landscape as if concealing some great mystery, blinding sunshine illuminates the ice, or perpetual moonlight bathes it all in the strange, blue half-light of the polar night.

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The mundane job sparked Zhou's interest in the strange game -- he started sneaking out at night, rolling balls on the green and working on his swings with a broken club.

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It was a contentious decision, in keeping with some strange rulings from the officials throughout the night.

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On Sept. 3 a musician named Carter Albrecht, who was a member of the folk-rock group Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, was shot to death in Dallas after a night of strange and uncharacteristically violent behavior.

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Constance unpacked her clothing that first night in her strange chilly room, brushed her teeth, plumped the pillows on her new bed, set the alarm.

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For some of them this also entailed strange and disturbing side effects: sleepwalking, late-night food binges, even driving in the wee hours while asleep.

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