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The Noiseless Crime

Written by Jeanne Martinet on September 29, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Are silent transgressions better than noisy ones? By Jeanne Martinet It was the Lincoln Plaza Cinema—and a film I had been dying to see. I had the perfect seat. I had the perfect movie companion. I had the perfect popcorn. The movie started and suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that
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Urban Eavesdropping

Written by Jeanne Martinet on September 15, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

New York, just one big cocktail party By Jeanne Martinet I was biking along the crowded Hudson River Greenway, all my focus on avoiding pedestrians, roller-bladers and darting toddlers, when suddenly two guys whipped by me on their bikes (passing on the right, no less) at super high speed. Annoyed at their recklessness, I was
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SOS Etiquette

Written by Jeanne Martinet on September 1, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

What happens when you become trapped in your New York apartment? By Jeanne Martinet When the doorknob came off in my hand, I couldn’t understand what had happened. It was as if I had been shaking a friend’s hand and had somehow pulled it completely out of its socket, like a scene from a horror
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