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  • In the past 10 or so years, a few great pieces come to mind: John Edgar Wideman on the L.A. riots; Michael Paterniti driving cross country with Einstein's brain in the trunk; Jon Krakauer on Everest, which, led to an entire, redundant genre, and especially David Foster Wallace on a cruise ship, on the no-name 79th ranked tennis player, on David Lynch.

    Arts Extra: Books: Dispatches From The Fringe 2007

  • The closure of 79th Street created trouble for people trying to catch the crosstown bus that normally picks up at the end of the mayor's block.

    Drummers Target Mayor Andrew Grossman 2011

  • Ranked 79th in CNN Money's 100 Best Places to Live in 2008, Lee's Summit attracts many families with its schools (rated seventh in the country on CNN's list) and nearby lakes, says Frank, who moved there 15 years ago for those reasons.

    Home sales in Lee's Summit, Mo., struggle to recover 2009

  • We live about a mile away from the Indianapolis store on 79th Street and Fall Creek (#965), and we often walk to the store to get small items, prescriptions, and do banking at the attached 5/3 Bank.

    Kroger Apologizes For Calling You A Thief, Banning You From Store For Buying And Eating Their Donuts - The Consumerist 2009

  • Mr. Katzman purchased the boat for $1 at the 79th Street Boat Basin, then moved it to Gowanus and developed solar-energy and rain-water projects on it.

    Far Rockaway's Far-Out Art Scene Pia Catton 2011

  • Narinder Nanu/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images An Indian girl put a photo of Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh on a wall in the middle of Indian flags to celebrate his 79th birthday Monday at a school in India.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • But connecting the 3rd, 18th and 198th would be a higher priority, as would be connecting the 24th, 25th, 32nd, and 59th, or the 3rd, 25th and 79th, or the the 22nd, 25th and 88th (noting that all the SMAs ranking lower than the end points of the NOLA/BRLA line are metro areas along the alignment).

    Matthew Yglesias » Ride the Train 2009

  • Anthony DeAngelis, 44 years old, a retired roofer who grew up in the area, was puffing on a Marlboro under the elevated subway at 79th Street on Thursday afternoon.

    Smoking Rate Hits a Low Michael Howard Saul 2011

  • Indeed, I was lucky I chose the relatively uncontroversial subject of cake, the amount of generous-spirited suggestions about where I could find the confection—they included the kosher bakeries of Boro Park ; the Palisades Park Bakery just over the George Washington Bridge ; the Viand Café on Broadway and 75th Street; St. Honore in Port Washington; and Anneliese's at 79th Street and First Avenue—helping to dry my tears.

    Yankees Fans Email Their Bronx Cheers Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • Star U.S. striker Abby Wambach broke a 1-1 deadlock with a header off Lauren Cheney's corner kick in the 79th minute.

    US Women Reach World Cup Final 2011

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