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nymag.com - 10/26/2009

What Does Rudy Giuliani Want?

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O n an early-October night here in Kingston, a town about a hundred miles north of Manhattan, it was 2007 all over again. A white banner hung over a Colonial-style function hall with the message ULSTER COUNTY WELCOMES RUDY GIULIANI, and attendees were lined up in the autumn chill to pick up ...

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