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MovieScope
‘Mrs. Henderson Presents’ – Droll, Dramatic Dame Dench
By Robert Snyder
     When Dame Judi Dench exploded on the screen in “Mrs. Brown” a decade ago, most Americans had never heard of this English acting resource. Now she is known to mainstream audiences as the successor to James Bond’s boss, M. However, she is still a formidable thespian. As with “Mrs. Brown,” she proves i
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Dorothy Dunne
      News Events/Travel Editor/Host • WNYX - TV Morning News
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Broad Channel Bits
By Liz Guarino
     Playing hide and seek with winter weather is tiring for some of our neighbors, who are already wishing for spring. Colder temperatures give new meaning to the expression “a nice brisk walk.” But, this past week temperatures stayed up in the 30’s—not bad for February.
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From the Editor’s Desk
By Howard Schwach
     It is a sad fact that in many of the schools in Region Five students are not learning anything about their history or their government and how it works.
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From The Artists Studio
Rockaway Artists Alliance KidsmART & Camp KidsmART News ..And More
by Susan Hartenstein kidsmART kids - March Forth!
     RAA and the kidsmART staff invite all children enrolled in the kidsmART after-school program to march with us in the Rockaway St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 4.
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The Band Organ Is The Stereophonic System Of The Old Days
     Behind this ornamental façade is a wooden cabinet that contains a full orchestra, which plays military marches or popular songs of the day. Officially known as the Wurlitzer Band Organ, you might remember hearing and enjoying the music when you rode a colorful carousel that went up and down. Music r
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Looking Backward
What The Wave Said
     20 Years Ago... Rockaway St. Patrick Day parade’s grand marshal – the Rt. Rev. Msgr. James Horan – has arrived in the United States. He was greeted with music by the America – Irish Shamrock’s Band of Rockaway Beach as he arrived at the International Arrivals Building of
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The Inner Voice by Marilyn Gelfand
     We try to control our own energy by being able to recognize our own emotions and then making sure that they do not control us. Intellectual thoughts provide the basis for these emotions whether they are the way I see the world, the expectations or life scripts I create, or values I accept from the o
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It’s My Turn
     Robert Freeman Executive Director NYS Committee On Open Government
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On The Beach
With Beverly Baxter The Legacy Marches On …
     Dedicated to James Conway Sullivan, Parade Founder
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The Progressive
A Discussion of Leadership
By John Paul Culotta
     A discussion of leadership is always appropriate after a President gives the State of the Union address and submits a budget to Congress. This year it is evident that our President and his party are in serious decline. Unfortunately, the opposition is also in disarray. Our nation suffers when leade
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Simon says...
     From the Desk of Lew M. Simon, Democratic District Leader, 23
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The Progressive
from page 21
     rates also rise for consumers. Despite the president’s statement to find new sources of energy, he emphasized the use of technology to solve our dependence on foreign oil. He rejected any conservation program. It reminded me of what Peter Drucker, the business management consultant who died la
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