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2 days ago

Today in History: December 11, Lufthansa Heist' later immortalized in Goodfellas'

On Dec. 11, 1978, nearly $6 million in cash and jewelry were stolen from the Lufthansa cargo terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport; the Lufthansa Heist,' the largest cash robbery in history at the time, was immortalized in the film Goodfellas. Also on this date: In 1816, Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th U.S. state. In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson;
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Environment
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

What Happens in Kyoto Comes to New York

U.S. climate negotiators central to Kyoto now face obscurity and institutional dismantling under the Trump administration, captured by a bittersweet theatrical reunion.
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fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Review | Kyoto' turns climate diplomacy into theater and too often, a lecture | amNewYork

Kyoto dramatizes the Kyoto Protocol negotiations with strong craftsmanship and performances but often feels didactic, resembling a seminar rather than urgent political drama.
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