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Editorials February 13, 2008
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Queens Is Borough Best Suited For Valentine's Day
      Valentine's Day is supposed to be the one day of the year when joy in one's significant other is unconfined. Both sexes rush about trying to make the day special and wonderful in any number of ways and by so doing prove the depth and extent of their affections.
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Auburndale Is Ignored
      To The Editor: On Tuesday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m., the Auburndale Improvement Association, Inc., will be holding its monthly meeting at the Reception House, located at 167-17 Northern Blvd., Flushing. The main topic for discussion will be contextual rezoning for the Auburndale community.
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Subprime Shuffle
      To The Editor: If anyone believes the banks will take their losses from the subprime fiasco graciously, they are in for a rude awakening. Bank of America has announced that it will increase interest rates charged on its credit cards to improve, or return to profitability. The Plan by Bank of Amer...
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Learns Hard Lesson
      To The Editor: I just saw your story on theft from checked baggage at JFK airport, and how I wish I had seen it before I checked my luggage last Friday! I checked my suitcase on JetBlue for flight No. 91 on 2/1/08 from JFK to Oakland, and I packed my brand new Louis Vuitton purse in my checked lu...
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Just Say No To Toll Hikes
      To The Editor: The New York State Thruway Authority is proposing another series of toll hikes, beginning this July. Now is not the time to be unnecessarily burdening New Yorkers with another hit on their pocketbooks- especially as we struggle to rebuild Upstate New York's economy.
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Counted Their Chickens
      To The Editor: I know why the Patriots lost: they prematurely applied for a trademark ("19 & 0"). Victor Maltsev Rego Park
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Op- ed
Congestion Pricing Is Environmentally Precarious
BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER ANDREW HEVESI
      Manhattan, its residents and its representatives have a serious and legitimate problem to deal with regarding traffic congestion and pollution.
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