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National Affairs: New York’s
For padding payrolls in the Street Cleaning Department, to the extent of perhaps $5,000,000 per annum, three public servants of New York City were last week sentenced to Sing Sing prison.
An E-Mail Plea: Help Pay My Tuition!
The e-mail looks like a scam: “I have to come up with big-time cash,” writes Max Stephenson. The 18-year-old is headed for New York University, he explains, but his mom is on disability, his dad works three jobs, and all his grants and loans only cover half of the school’s $50,000 annual tab.
‘A Merry Little Christmas’: Songwriter Hugh Martin Dies at 96
It’s Christmas Eve, 1903, in St. Louis, and some members of the Smith family are anguished about leaving their home for Mr
Facebook’s Latest Role: College Guidance Counselor
The college-admissions process used to be relatively private, but that’s all changing thanks to Facebook. After all, it’s not hard to figure out who got in where when your classmate joins a group called “New York University Class of 2013” — and Facebook’s news feed rubs it in your face.
I Can’t Take It with Me
I have never felt the need to make a will.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Lasting Legacy, 100 Years Later
Death on the job was a routine hazard for American workers a century ago. About 100 workers, on average, died every day as mines collapsed, ships sank, trains crashed and factories burned
Seoul: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours — Introduction
Death on the job was a routine hazard for American workers a century ago. About 100 workers, on average, died every day as mines collapsed, ships sank, trains crashed and factories burned
Egypt’s Referendum: What the Nation’s Historic Vote Means
Ahmed is 19 years old, fresh-faced; he sports jeans and a gray “New York” T-shirt and wears his hair gelled back.
Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling?
Five years ago, on the night of June 1, 2003, a Phoenix housewife named Stephenie Meyer had a dream: a young woman was talking to a beautiful, sparkling man in a sunlit meadow. The man was a vampire.