But on the way to catch a bus, his luck changed.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

Not to catch a bus - but to ask people for whom they planned to vote in the presidential election.

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Carved in grey stone, the great Chinese traveller looked like the kind of chap who would have difficulty running to catch a bus.

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Crochet was something that was easy for me to pack up and take while waiting for an appointment or waiting in Frankfurt Germany to catch a bus to our next duty station.

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