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GROUND ZERO, New York City, Feb. 19--The virginal white of Maryland country snow morphs into gray, dirty slush as we wheel the Jeep into New York City, watching throngs of people balleting their way around slush puddles and dodging trucks and buses splattering tidal waves of frozen slush at their clean, warm clothing.

The maddening crowds and usual cacophony of New York was blanketed by the snow. The Big Apple looked like Anywhere, USA.

As we entered our neighborhood, storekeepers were digging out and residents were emerging

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