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24. I think the dudes with machine guns were effective at discouraging that

Sat May 13, 2017, 06:54 PM

May 2017

I guess that would have been after the Green Park IRA attack.

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In the 70's ... left-of-center2012 May 2017 #5

I lived at Union Square the same years. BigmanPigman May 2017 #22

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