1.   After the preliminary rounds are finished Friday indoors in Coram County Lanes, the final four go outside to play at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan.

2.   Some went outside to play basketball, some sat around singing resistance songs, some went to a side room for Muslim prayer.

3.   Then, the three of them went outside, past the battered Olds parked at the curb.

4.   When we went outside to see the dog, Jack came slowly up from behind, and we readied ourselves for a battle royal.