Chief Justice Rehnquist wished him "Good luck" the way one does a hitchhiker after a lift, then drives away fast.

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Ms Young's intrepid investigations have given her a clear grasp of the proper role of mankind in the web of life, and produced a delightful hitchhiker's guide to the planet.

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He served seven-and-a-half months of a year's jail term, but was arrested again in 1949 after picking up a 16-year-old male hitchhiker.

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He served seven-and-a-half months of a year jail term but was arrested again in 1949 after picking up a 16-year-old male hitchhiker.

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As a teenager he devoured popular science fiction books like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Ender's Game, " and always had a wild imagination.

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Douglas Adams died in 2001, having written five of the enduringly popular Hitchhiker books - still inaccurately dubbed a trilogy.

BBC: And another thing...

But the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has never had a problem with highly improbable events.

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