51.   America may have been the juggernaut of the world, but its material culture paled in comparison to places like Baghdad and Istanbul.

52.   Among Girl Scouts, however, especially in high-stress places like Silicon Valley, Scouts and their parents have embraced Stress Less.

53.   Among the former, Hamburg is joined by places like Cologne and Leipzig.

54.   Americans straggling back from two- or three-week vacations sometimes think longingly of places like Germany.

55.   And because each wheel has its own electric motor, the wheels can be driven in opposite directions, allowing the car to turn in place like a tank.

56.   An equally elusive fuel is methane hydrates, basically natural gas trapped in ice in places like Alaska.

57.   And as the United States engages in strategically murkier missions in places like the Balkans, Haiti and Somalia, special operations forces are playing a more prominent role.

58.   And in places like Davos he has found putative villains who might have been chosen by Central Casting.

59.   And following the example of places like Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, passengers might be subjected to intense pre-boarding interviews conducted by highly trained screeners.

60.   And he could have slipped in and out of a place like this without much fuss.