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...there lies the silver lining. In a matter of weeks, our first recession in a decade could be on the books. If it is and it lasts no longer than the last one (two quarters, the minimum period of contraction that qualifies for the R word), the downturn will be over almost as quickly as it became apparent. Recessions typically last nearly a year. The recent attacks, though, make everything different. Economic gatekeepers are in rare and sudden unison...
Gone are the days of frock-coated waiters who lower engraved silver flatware to your left. Oxfordesque high-table dining has been usurped by gangly groups grappling for their barbeque sauce and tater tots. Ms. FManners stands behind the beauty of a first-courseplatters of baked brie, fine caviar piled high and foie gras sliced with utmost care. But dining halls that were once symbols of refinement are now filled with vagabonds who nightly make a mockery of their first course. While frequenting salad bars for their leafy greens and balsalmic, diners oft-times leave their trays unattended in search...
There can be no silver lining. But we can decide how to respond as individuals. We have some choice about the kind of world we shall inhabit henceforth. The fear and the anxiety, the anger and the confusionall these shall surely fade. What will take their place...
Crescent Street is nestled in a corner off Oxford Street, just past Lesley College and Agassiz Elementary School., a ten-minute walk from the Square. In the afternoon, squealing children play outside. A black-and-white housecat with a silver collar wanders skittishly down the tree-lined sidewalk. Two houses sport large American flags. Jenkins lived at 22 Crescent Street, a well-kept gray house with a white staircase and simple red door that had been his home for nearly two decades...
...sailed until sunset, dropped anchor in a secluded cove and stretched out on deck to watch meteors flash across the night sky. Out in the bay, lights from squid fishers bobbed on the horizon like fallen stars. Behind us, moonlit rock giants towered over the still waters and silver beaches in their timeless repose. In the dark silence, Ha Long Bay was holding onto its beauty...