It would probably be easier for my kids to get into a hoity-toity college, since smart high schoolers are a dime a dozen in New York City and its environs.

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By the time he left New York City for good in 1967, the character of the environs of 125th Street had already changed for ever.

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Here in New York, hundreds of analysts, journalists and industry observers are bustling around the blue-tinted environs of Pier 36 in the Lower East Side for the launch which starts at 10am EST (7am Pacific).

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