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If one erects a building on the base of a profound error in one’s calculations, that building will ultimately crack, buckle, and collapse. The same is true for a conceptual-bureaucratic structure, although the process is far slower — for it can be maintained by faith, politics, and vested interests for decades.
— Edith Efron
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Today is Thursday, October 27th, the 300th day of 2022. There are 65 days left in the year. It is Navy Day, Boxer Shorts Day, Sylvia Plath Day, Cranky Co-Worker Day, National American Beer Day, National Black Cat Day, and World Occupational Therapy Day.
On This Day
In 1682, Philadelphia was founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In 1795, the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of Madrid, which established the boundaries between America and Spanish colonies.
In 1838, Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issued the Extermination Order, which ordered all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
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