<div dir="ltr">I heard about this as I got out of class about ten minutes ago -- via Salman Rushdie on Twitter, which seemed somewhat poetical to me. It's such wonderful news....truly wonderful.<div style>Off to celebrate by reading something good :)</div>
<div style>Best to all from Anne Margaret</div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:43 PM, ANNE Fernald [Staff/Faculty [A&S]] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fernald@fordham.edu" target="_blank">fernald@fordham.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Oh, this is SUCH wonderful news for all of us!!! I can't believe that all those letters and petitions actually worked. WONDERFUL NEWS.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Jean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:millsj7@gmail.com" target="_blank">millsj7@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Woot! Woot!!!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<div><br></div></div><div><div><div><br>On May 7, 2014, at 2:43 PM, "Neverow, Vara S." <<a href="mailto:neverowv1@southernct.edu" target="_blank">neverowv1@southernct.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hoorah!</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2:37 PM<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Vwoolf] <a href="http://NYTimes.com" target="_blank">NYTimes.com</a>: Public Library Abandons Plan to Revamp 42nd Street Building<br>
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