Meanwhile, residents and business owners in Midland City put up blue, red and black ribbons in support of the boy and Poland.

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Two buses away, in one packed with Japanese middle schoolers in blue uniforms, a boy was pulling the hair and beating the head of another pudgier boy seated ahead.

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Executives in blue jeans sit cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by big boy toys like 3D printers and large tables with Exacto knives and foam core for people to congregate and make fast, rough prototypes.

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