After waiting nearly an hour for the campus police to unboot my car, I get home from work to find that UPS has delivered the new monitor for my computer.

Most of what you'll want to see sightwise occurs from the Public Library on the east; to the west are somewhat grungier blocks, running into the borders of Times Square and the Garment District.

The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

Only Peter was out of the picture. He was a strange, disconsolate figure, as he shifted about to ease his leg, or gazed incuriously from the window.