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But the Latinate words that the dance brings to mind are the ones that start with “circum,” or ”around.”

“It got me thinking about the roots of the word ‘circumstance,’ which are ‘circum,’ meaning ‘circle,’ and ‘stance,’ or standing, I thought, wow, how apropos that was.”

He and more than 1,000 other immigrants in similar circum­stances say they should have a chance to return to their homes and families while fighting deportation.

For another, a conversation, under these circum­stances, is an intimate act that calls for more delicacy than “be blunt.”

And that, at least, gave me some hope: that even under ordinary circum- stances, I still might find a way to live an extraordinary life.