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Nowhere man.


A man believed to be named James Edward Brighton would like nothing more than to go home--if only he knew where home was. Brighton, who apparently suffers from amnesia amnesia (ămnē`zhə), [Gr.,=forgetfulness], condition characterized by loss of memory for long or short intervals of time. It may be caused by injury, shock, senility, severe illness, or mental disease. , awoke a·woke  
v.
A past tense of awake.


awoke
Verb

a past tense and (now rare or dialectal) past participle of awake
 October 12 in a Montreal parking lot. He had no clothes, no identification, and little idea of who he is. One of the few things he does know is that he's gay. Members of Montreal's gay community have taken him in, pro-riding him with clothing and temporary housing. But Brighton, who thinks he's about 28 and comes from Morristown, N.J., says he simply wants someone to come forward with information about exactly who he is and where he lives.

With his face on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 and a story about him in The New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Times, Brighton says he hopes it won't be long before one of the many tips he's been handed will turn out to be "more than mere half-truths."
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Feb 2, 1999
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