Newsweek - USA (2021-11-26)

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

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“At a distance, the yellow, granulated mounds rising 250 feet over

Staten Island might be mistaken for sand dunes—if not for the

stench,” Newsweek said when describing Fresh Kills, once the largest landfi ll in

the world. Collecting 24,000 tons of garbage daily and spanning 2,200 acres,

this was the only destination for New York City residents’ trash from 1991 until

its closing in 2001. Efforts across the country to put a dent in overfl owing

landfi lls inspired New York City to transform Fresh Kills into a park, which has

been dedicated to recreation, education and wildlife since its opening in 2012.

1968

“Wild colors, jangling jewelry, bizarre

tailoring—imagine almost any exotic

fashion, and today’s more unconventional

male is wearing it,” Newsweek reported

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male cover star for Vogue last year,

posing in a blue lace dress.

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1977

“Israel and Egypt had broken their

diplomatic stalemate, adding a hopeful—

if unpredictable—new dimension to the

search for peace in the whole Middle

East,” Newsweek wrote after Anwar

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Israel. The Abraham Accords are the most

recent peace agreement in the region.