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  • February 12, 1908:  The Day the Great Race Began

    February 12, 1908: The Day the Great Race Began

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    The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has…

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The world changes every day, there is little that stays the same. How do we cope? How can we cope? We hate the change, and we suffer. We laud that which remains. We cope when we grin and bear-it. We cope by remembering when. Rip Van Winkle: an ode to an old man. Revisited!

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