At the same time, as Hugues walks relentlessly through the city, he comes to incarnate the Man of the Crowd, the archetype first introduced to literature in Edgar Allan Poe's tale of the same name.

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Despite the madness of the crowd, at least one man has remained remarkably steady: Alan Greenspan, the chairman of America's Federal Reserve.

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At the same rally, a naked man ran through the crowd, apparently as part of a publicity stunt for a website.

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I'll be expecting plenty of Man City shirts in the crowd and hopefully a few of the Americans have been practising (Hatton's entrance song) Blue Moon.

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That speech might have been his most impressive showing of the week, as Marchionne went all Renaissance Man on his crowd of accomplished women including U.S. Sen.

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One man sitting on top of a street sign sprayed champagne on the cheering crowd.

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The crowd were, by now, almost silent, seeking a flash of inspiration from their man where none was forthcoming.

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Johannesburg (CNN) -- A man, struggling to get away, is surrounded by South African police in the middle of a street as a large crowd looks on.

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Testimony from a colorful crowd of former Sky Capital employees and investors pointed a finger at Mandell as being the man who led a massive fraud, which included lying to investors and misusing investor funds.

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Age was also on the minds of those watching Rafael Nadal on Monday, with the Parisian crowd singing 'Happy Birthday' to a man who celebrated his 27th birthday in style.

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