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November 25, 1974

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The Bank Drama

Daniel Lang on the 1973 bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, during which four hostages began to sympathize with their captors.

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About (Almost Surely) New York, or Something

Nora Ephron’s 1974 story about an endlessly ringing telephone booth, and other New York voices, parodies John Corry’s “About New York” column, which used to run in the Times.

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