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That's a bit harsh, really. A key feature of Central Park, or Hyde Park*, is that when you step out of them you are in Manhattan or London.

That has to count for something.

*Originally I put GGP in this list, for the same reason, but it actually IS a pretty park.

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Actually, just try telling it to me.

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Thanks for the notice. I immediately plan to use it never.

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Any concatenation of letters that resemble the name of Roy Rogers' horse? Or any boner-enhancing medications? Some folks are got by socia****.

The censorbot is, basically, a mystery.

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And it's even that everybody's marriage should be their own business.

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No, because it's not flat.

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oooh! My Paul Rudd hit for the day! Thank you!

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I think the implication is that its not ok to say someone wants to be treated like crap, regardless of where she comes from. It kind of assumes a lot about not just the person and how she was raised, but how she views how women are treated in society. And this is only one step removed from the crap Limbaugh said the other day, except replace Saudi Arabia with Muslim.

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The indoor train at DTW is pretty cool to us railroad/transit buffs.

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"Mahoning Valley Scrappers" is <i>way</i> better than Youngstown Sheet'n'Tubers. I am humbled.

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Awesome.

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I have been a devoted NYT subscriber and reader for 40 years. It took me 2 weeks back in 1974 to figure out that one must never ever read the regular columnists, anything with the word "style" in it, or the coverage of any sport but baseball. Back then, there was a fellow named Abe Rosenthal who made the present crew look like Nobel laureates.

When, one day in 1999, I accidentally turned two pages over at once and discovered that Krugman guy, it was a pleasant surprise.

With this approach, one can have a profitable and informative experience, learning about banks stealing all the aluminum foil and whatnot.

Just a thought.

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And CERTAINLY don't used Google Chrome incognito mode, which does not store cookies from websites visited.

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<i>I have this theory, that if you cut off all her hair she'd look like a British man.</i>

tina fey is genius.

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<i>Same with Gretchen: the meaner Regina was to her, the more Gretchen tried to win Regina back. She knew it was better to be in the plastics, hating life, than to not be in at all. Because being with the plastics was like being famous... people looked at you all the time and everybody just knew stuff about you. </i>

just like the nytimes.

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The Old Grey Lady's financial woes could be eased by firing Dowd, Douthat, and Friedman - and rehiring Frank Rich and Nate Silver.

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