The Broncks', the borough of my childhood, fades away

[Joel S. Berson]

Well, it's happening.  In the Boston Globe today (Dec. 3), in the
article "Lone 'boy' on campus", by Keith O'Brien (B1), about the only
male attending Wellesley College this fall, O'Brien writes
"[Mohammad] Usman, who grew up in Bronx, N.Y., has come to Wellesley
on a semester-long exchange program."

Safire would be distressed -- as I am.

Joel

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