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  • Five Cities in Four States,What They Have in Common

    Five Cities in Four States,
    What They Have in Common

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    A favored line among the pundits in the English-speaking nations these days is, Said the sun to the moonSaid the head to the heartWe have more in commonThan sets us apart The syntax of this six, six, five, four poetic ditty is without doubt a literarydescendant of the famous quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s, ’tis better…

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Hy Mariampolski
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Hy Mariampolski honors the passing of a friend with this article illustrated with cards she collected. The Russian restaurants and tea-rooms of Manhattan helped eastern European immigrants of the 1900s through the 1920s feel at home without the political machinations of Old World tyrants, thugs, and miscreants.

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