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1969: New York, New York

By Jim Baker
Special to Page 2

Monday, July 28, 2008

Music cue: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by The Byrds. Roll voice-over: "The year was 1969, and a gallon of gas was 4 cents and a fill-up came with a free accordion. Monkey burgers were only a quarter, and a million people gathered in Woodstock for a polka festival. Richard Nixon was growing marijuana plants in the White House rose garden, and a plucky meter maid named Norma Armstrong made a trip to the moon. And in sports …" That's your obligatory stage setting -- something that seems to be re ...

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