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“In the distance, lit by the rising sun, was the skyline of New York. It wasn’t the right shape for a city—no domes, no minarets—it took them a minute to process the tall geometric forms. Most curled off the bay. A million pink windowpanes glittered. Closer, crowned with her own sun rays and dressed like a classical Greek, the Statue of Liberty welcomed them.”