Tag: St. Louis
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Living ‘Black’ in the United States of America
And living to tell the tales. Traffic was heavy on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights on my way home to Ridgewood, NJ, after work on Wednesday, which wasn’t exactly news. But, as I approached a stretch where Route 46 and Interstate 80 go over Route 17, traffic eased and I saw the reason why. Rubbernecking…
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Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo 8C Spider A long time ago, despite being a virtually homeless and starving college student, I decided to go test drive an Alfa Romeo Quad. The car’s $20,000-ish sticker price was way beyond anything I could have afforded, had I food in my belly and a place to live. This was in St.…
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Promises
I found out at the last minute that Barack Obama would be making a noon campaign appearance at the Izod Center (the former Brendan Byrne Arena) in the Meadowlands in Rutherford, New Jersey. My 10-year-old son really wanted to go but, thinking we would not be able to get in anyway, I insisted he go…
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Finding MIA’s Kin Stumps U.S. Army By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, May 13, 2001 The United States government believes that Charles Arce of Brooklyn kept faith with his country. He went to Korea with the Army more than half a century ago and almost certainly died there. Now, his country would like to keep faith with his memory and his family. But it isn’t easy…