And the people of our city stood in the dark each night, waving flags, and calling out, "God bless you, " as the trucks hurtled by.

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Having stood watch in the dark and the cold and travelled through convoys surrounded by foreign nationals, any of whom may want to attack us, I can attest to the difficulty of judgment calls.

ECONOMIST: Too little too late

They stood obscured in the sudden woolly dark, next to the fallen motorcycle, which leaked raw-smelling gasoline into the dust underfoot.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

Holwell, Anil Kumar, the McKinsey consultant, walked to the witness stand, where he stood for a moment, in a dark suit and tie, and bowed his head, his hands clasped before him.

NEWYORKER: A Dirty Business

In late August, I stood in the center of Mexico City, surrounded by glimmering office towers, looking up at the dark outline of the HSBC Mexico building.

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