Remember shower caps?
     The beginning of a new year is always a time for not only looking forward but also looking back. News accounts this week helped us do that. For example, the demolition of the building in Manhattan that housed the first automat restaurant was announced.
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Long Island Offshore Wind Park proposal
is attractive in many ways, says writer
     The coral reefs are dying because of the rising temperature of the Atlantic Ocean. The polar ice caps are disappearing at record levels. We can no longer feed our children tuna because of the high mercury contamination in their tissue, the primary source of which is fossil fuel-burning, electric pow...
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Mortality statistics of previous wars
     I recall Chris Sheehan’s mother standing at the edge of President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas asking for a face-to-face with him, even though she had already spoken to him privately, but then preferred a more public scenario, hoping to drag him down with the help of her supporters.
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