"In the local pubs we were sitting on one side and the newcomers were sat on the other side...it took ten years for them to gel with the local community, " he said.

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At the Paraguay-Ghana soccer match in Thessaloniki, no one was sitting on the far side or in the end zones.

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The four of them were sitting at a table in a small windowless conference room, the doctors on one side, the parents on the other.

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According to the CBS TV affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, two customers attempting to book the exact same flight, searching on their laptops while sitting side-by-side, found significantly different fares just because one was logged into his frequent flyer account while the other was not.

BBC: How airline pricing works

Its dihedral doors open on one hinge, slanting upward for ease of ingress, and the massive side vents sitting on the rear wheels telegraph sheer speed from meters away.

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