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Dear Friends, Tangents: Happy Friday! Parisians, annoyed at government restrictions, have adopted a rebellious new drinking tradition: the apérue, in which revelers

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1892~ Sierra Club founded. From Bloomberg today: Six-year-old boy finds 3,500-year-old tablet. Earliest “chickens” were actually pheasants. Lego releases a $380 Lamborghini kit. PHOTOS

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1328 – William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII. 1815 – Napoleon crowned king of

Dear Friends, Tangents: 1930: Scotch Tape patented. 1937: Golden Gate Bridge opened, San Francisco. 1940: British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk

Dear Friends, Tangents: On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic. Go to article » Ralph

Dear Friends, Tangents: The Book Review’s annual summer reading list is out, and it can point you to the latest in thrillers,