Gordon and Goldstein meet by chance.

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These places, which sprung up on the edges of campuses like dandelions after a spring rain, were the meeting places where students, professors, townspeople, out-of-town academics and other terribly interesting folk would meet, by intention or chance, and talk and learn from one another.

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Yvonne Hinds, the prime minister's wife, has gone on the road delivering relief packages (and not just for a day or two, or for show: only by chance did The Economist meet her doing it).

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So I was mentioning to him that I went to Walter Reed this week to visit some of our wounded warriors, and a number of them remarked on how they had had a chance to meet Sergeant Petry -- he had gone by to talk to some of those guys.

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So having a chance to meet with a group that is making a difference by offering courses in reading and writing, among other subjects, was an honor.

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