This is why so many roamed the streets begging, looking for cars to clean, trying to do odd errands, or becoming prostitutes; it was that or nothing.

At night, the city and its streets were dark.

Now, as he dreams about the future of the automobile, he zips around the streets of Beijing on a $367 electric bike, along with throngs of the city's residents.

Across the street from the Capitol, the offices of unions and lobbyists are arguably the real locus of power in Sacramento.

It will be in the avenues and alleys of Tripoli.