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Egg Creams and Candy Stores

Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital GalleryWhen I was a kid in New York City the 1960s there was a candy store not far from where we lived. And we used to go there to buy the paper and if I was...

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Urban II: the pope who launched the "Holy War"

He was born around 1035 to a noble family in northern France. After Gregory's death and the short papacy of Victor III, Urban was elected pope on March 12, 1088, but was in exile at the time. He continued to...

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