Its glitzy shops offer a world of plenty far out of reach for those slumped semi-conscious against the wall, their faces swollen with the signs of advanced alcoholism.Gyorgy and his colleagues check the sleeping vagrants to see that they are breathing (every year several die on the streets of cold and illness) and to wake them.
Those who attempt to make the journey face daunting challenges, their fate often left in the hands of people smugglers, only to later be abandoned, to face potential imprisonment, or a life on the streets full of cold and hunger.
Soon Jacques Henric will go down to the underground parking garage and climb onto his Honda and venture out into the cold streets of Paris, becoming cold himself, a man who shapes his own destiny, and knows, or at least believes, that he is lucky.
Under the heading "street snacks" there are plates of cold shredded chicken dressed with a chilli oil that will make you blink, or cold sliced slow-cooked beef with Chinese herbs and spices.
But now, on 125th Street in the cold light of Sunday morning, the last partygoers are outnumbered by churchgoers.
Sign up for the best of Vladimirlivered to your inbox daily.
For months, dozens of missionaries and hundreds of out-of-town volunteers have periodically taken to the city's streets to hand out free bottles of cold water on hot days, hand warmers in the cold, mini-highlighters, MetroCards, prepaid phone cards or Nutri-Grain bars, all labeled with missionaries' Web sites, telephone numbers and service schedules.
Perkins travelled to Occupy Wall Street from Alaska with a large collection of cold weather gear.
Across the street, in a cold, unmarked garage, Ms. Allen helped to conduct "play tests" on rudimentary versions of the ride.
As you step out of the train station and onto Surf Avenue, the streets are cold — devoid of color, people, life.
Others are redolent of damp streets and cold porridge and the barricades, and in the world today none of them has quite the international and historic associations of Churchill.
