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The old year wanes. The last sands trickle down the hourglass as the old man totters into irrevocable past and a lusty infant year begins. Bells ring in church steeples, confetti rains, horns blow. People sing and shout and maybe shed a tear. Cries of "Happy New Year" nil the ears and ralj on happy hearts, or sad. To some, the old year brought joy and happiness. To others it held sadness and despair. Thus, men greet the new year differently : some with
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