More than 50 million sports fans in the United States had more invested in last Sunday's Super Bowl than pride in their favorite team. They wagered as much as $16 billion on the game.
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2/16/23
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Viewing the American political scene today, I can’t help thinking about what Yeats wrote more than a century ago: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
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2/16/23
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Don’t mess with puppies, George. From what I’ve read and what I’ve heard in statements coming out of your very own mouth . . .
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2/16/23
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There are all types of numbers associated with politicians. Pollsters are constantly bombarding us with numbers. Defeated candidates keep complaining that they won, and say they have the numbers to prove it.
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2/16/23
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The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust has pledged $5 million — amounting to the largest single gift in the history of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital. In return, it will help usher in a new state-of-the-art facility, with the Feil name on top.
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By Karina Kovac
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2/15/23
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“Make lemonade out of lemons” is a saying ingrained from an early age in students across the country . . .
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By Josh Lafazan
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2/9/23
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“I couldn’t bear the thought of people being horrified by the sight of my son,” Mamie Bradley, the mother of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black kid from Chicago who was tortured and murdered in 1955, told the press at the time.
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By James Bernstein
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2/9/23
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These days, when my husband and I share affairs of the heart, there is usually anesthesia and a same-day procedure involved. For us, Valentine’s Day, the fire sale of romantic love, doesn’t speak to a 55-year relationship.
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2/9/23
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When we think of the most influential people in our lives growing up, we’re likely to point out our parents, some members of our extended family, maybe even a religious leader or two. But no list is complete without teachers.
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2/9/23
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Not even retirement can slow down Peter King. After 28 years in the U.S. House — including a two-year stint as chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — as well as more than two decades serving on both the Hempstead town council and as Nassau County comptroller, King finds himself busier than ever.
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By Michael Hinman
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2/2/23
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