Something big had happened less than a kilometer away, and I discovered that the popping I had heard wasn't firecrackers but explosives that terrorists had detonated at a market packed with elderly shoppers.
Some of the characters have been deeply memorized by audiences both at home and abroad.
Some experts say these developments are signs of protectionism.
Some critics have accused those companies of using the system to hire cheap foreign labor instead of Americans.
Some items are evocative: a collection of about 100 pieces of paper sculpture made by Chinese immigrants while they were being held up in a prison facility in Pennsylvania in the 1990s; mind-revealing letters written home by "lonely workers" who had endured some of the most blatant forms of racism this country has ever seen.
Some former US officials and analysts accused the top American diplomat of misreading history and camouflaging Trump's own desire to reduce US commitments in the region.
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Some 2.19 million vehicles were sold last month, up 5.3 percent year on year, maintaining momentum in July that saw sales rise 6.2 percent.
Some 12,000 characters were used almost 1 billion times in the Chinese media last year, Tian Lixin, director of the Ministry of Education's Department of Language Application and Administration, said at a news conference.
Some 20 percent of Florida's gas stations had no fuel on Thursday, down from a peak of 46 percent, according to fuel information service Gas Buddy.
Some 389 million rail trips, 65 million air trips, 46 million boat trips and 2.48 billion road trips are expected to be made during the travel rush.