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Hampton, who calls Harris a mentor, admitted the loss stings.

The director’s move to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago did not sting nearly so much as the news that the curator was going to the Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A..

The sting, in retrospect, is that Hollywood never nominated him for acting again.

It got so cold that the wind-driven rain turned to hail and started pelting her from behind, stinging her neck and ears.

He told her about a jailer who had offered to bring him a contraband cellphone for the right price, and she orchestrated a sting in summer 2011.