Tempted and tormented by images and words from elsewhere, trapped in a money economy with nothing to sell, they have no ready way of realizing their desires.
There are many possible reasons: no brutal incident of the kind that frequently set off riots, massive weariness, the knowledge of people elsewhere trapped in riot-devastated cities, maybe even hope.
On the night of the storm and in the days following, officers saved over 1,100 people trapped in homes and elsewhere by fast-rising floodwaters on Staten Island, the statement said.
Elsewhere, women are trapped in oversize bird cages.
"But he must also speak out about the violations, fear and uncertainty suffered by thousands of refugees and migrants trapped in limbo on Lesbos and elsewhere in Greece".
As the media turns its head from one conflict to another, as focus shifts towards the humanitarian disasters unfolding elsewhere, on behalf of the thousands of refugees trapped in another war, do not forget Syrian refugees, in Yemen, or elsewhere.
Elsewhere, four people and two dogs trapped in two flooded properties in Bishops Tawton, near Barnstaple, were rescued overnight by a fire crew and RNLI in-shore boat.
According to capture theories, the Moon formed elsewhere in the solar system and was later trapped by the strong gravitational field of Earth.
Elsewhere in the neighborhood, people said they had been trapped for days, unable to go out for food or medicine.
