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The Record, Bergen County, NJ, October 31, 2005

Editorial

District 36 ; Two Newcomers Have the Most to Offer

This district, which stretches from East Rutherford to the city of Passaic, is facing enormous change and challenges over the next few years. Two massive developments are in the works - the retail- entertainment complex, Xanadu, and the housing and golf course project, Encap. It's critical for the district to have strong leadership in Trenton that will fight for the traffic studies, transportation subsidies and other state help that may be necessary to cope with the coming influx of populatio...

No Joke

LET the Jersey jokes begin. The state finds itself in urgent need of a tourism slogan, after acting Governor Codey wisely nixed the one suggested by consultants. Mr. Codey flatly rejected the proposed "New Jersey, we'll win you over," on grounds that it implied that there was something wrong with the state.

Spotting Gems Amidst the Sludge of Spam

IN JORGE LUIS BORGES' short story, the "Library of Babel," the universe is a near-infinite library, filled with identical-size books. Their texts are random strings of letters. Most are devoid of meaning, though here and there, by sheer chance, are phrases, sentences, even entire pages of apparent sense. The occupants of this universe are tormented by the certainty that somewhere in this impossibly vast collection are books of perfect wisdom and beauty, including one book that would explain t...

My Two Cents' Worth About Small Change

AS A PLAYER in the world of finance, my role is admittedly a penny-ante one. And I'm not engaging in mere hyperbole when I say that, being the kind of guy who doesn't hesitate to pick up a penny on the ground whenever I spot one on the theory that a cent a day accumulated in this way can amount to as much as $3.65 a year in extra earnings (reasoning on which I know Ben Franklin would nod heartily in agreement). Still, I've always been acutely cognizant of having been distinctly out of the mon...

Your Views

Broad lapses in Katrina response Not long after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, a task force of 100 volunteer emergency medical technicians and 50 paramedics equipped with 50 ambulances, rescue equipment, boats, lighting and generators was prepared to mobilize to the disaster area. We waited two weeks for a call that never came.