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 | | “New York City, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the inferno with no out-of-bounds, the supreme expression of both the miseries and the splendors of contemporary civilization, the Macedonia of the United States. |
 | | New York Is Book Country with an afternoon of talks by authors of three new books about the city. |
 | | Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II; and Roger Toussaint, president of the Transport Workers Union (Local 100), discuss city politics, mayoral drama, and the implications for labor that arose from this event. |
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